Data cleaning is a crucial step in the data analysis process. Inaccurate, incomplete, or inconsistent data can lead to flawed insights and poor decision-making. Fortunately, Excel 365’s Power Query ...

What if you could turn the tedious task of combining transaction files into a quick and easy process? With Power Query in Excel 365, you can do just that. This powerful tool allows you to merge files ...

Q. There was a December 2020 article in the JofA about cleaning and joining data using a program called Alteryx, but we don’t have access to this program. Could you explain how to do those tasks using ...

Excel is a powerhouse at transforming and manipulating data, thanks to a wide variety of Excel formulas and in-app tools. Add Power Query to this already powerful mix, and you get an even more ...

At the end of every month, about 30 CSV files, one for each branch, pile up in a folder. I open the files, select all, copy, and paste them into a summary workbook. Doing this 30 times takes about 40 ...

Data comes from all kinds of sources and Microsoft Power Query can you when you need to combine foreign data. It’s a bit easier than trying to do so in Microsoft Excel sometimes. Microsoft Power Query ...

Years of accumulated files suddenly became patterns I could see, understand, investigate, and actually deal with.

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

The more I connect Excel to the other Microsoft 365 apps I use, the less often I find myself copying, pasting, and retyping.

After updating Power Query, the total sales were nearly double what they were last month—and there were no errors at all.

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