Have you ever stared at a massive dataset, only to realize it’s riddled with empty columns that serve no purpose? It’s a frustrating scenario—one that wastes time, clutters your workflow, and makes ...

When working with address data, you may encounter situations where you need to merge multiple columns, such as address, town, and postcode, into a single column. Power Query makes this task a breeze.

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 ...

Have a complex Excel problem? Power Query to the rescue! Analyzing data often means spending more time getting and cleaning up data than analyzing it. If that describes you, definitely review Excel ...

One of the first things I learned about Power Query—and a rule I still follow religiously today—is to not select a column and delete it. To build a truly resilient dashboard, you must instead tell the ...

Sometimes the current Microsoft Excel data structure doesn’t match requirements of other users and software. Learn how to combine columnar values into a single cell using Microsoft Excel’s Power Query ...

Have you heard of Power Query in Microsoft Excel but always thought that it's only intended for Excel experts? Let me stop you there because, actually, Power Query is designed to be user-friendly and, ...

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 ...

In this post, we will show you how to split Data into Rows using Power Query. While exporting data from other systems or sources, you may encounter situations when the data is stored in a format where ...