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Got bitten by an undefined data column in #PowerQuery
The importance of explicit data type in Power Query What could go wrong when we have a column of “ANY” data type in Power Query? Well, it depends. Depends on what? Sometimes luck! 😅 This query has been working well … Continue reading
Add Index Column in #Excel using #PowerQuery
In Power Query, it is a super easy task to add a column of sequential numbers. We can do it by adding an Index Column. There are three options for adding Index Column: This can be demonstrated in a 1-minute … Continue reading
Add Column From Examples with #Excel Power Query
Use it with caution although it’s a powerful feature! In the previous post, we talked about how to add conditional columns in Power Query in which we identified the store type of a store by the prefix of the store … Continue reading
Add conditional columns with #Excel Power Query
Situation: We are given a simple table on the left. We need to add three additional columns based on the prefix of the StoreID, and the sales values. The table on the right is the expected outcome. And here’s the … Continue reading
Simple Basket Analysis – Formula approach with #Excel 365
The challenge – How many transactions with just Brand A and B together? In my previous post / video, I solved this problem with Power Query. If you are using #Excel 365, did you know you can solve this problem … Continue reading
Posted in Excel 365, Excel in Action, Formula
Tagged ARRAYTOTEXT, Filter, Sort, UNIQUE
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Power Query Challenge – Simple basket analysis
The challenge – How many transactions with just Brand A and B together? This is a common request in retail business to analyze massive amounts of transactional data. A transaction table usually contains a lot of records. As you see … Continue reading
Distinct count using functions in #Excel 365 is so easy
Have your ever wanted to count how many distinct items in a range? Though a common task, there was not build-in functional for it. Perhaps we can make a distinct list using advanced filter first then we count the outcome. … Continue reading
The modern way to shortcut in #Excel 365
We all know that shortcut keys boost productivity in Excel as we can perform certain actions quickly with just a few keystrokes… if we can memorize the shortcut key combinations. Be frank, how many shortcut keys do you remember? Normally, … Continue reading
Copy values from Status Bar in #Excel 365
You probably knew it… In Excel, when multiple cells are selected, we will see basic statistics of the selected cells in status bar: This is a very handy feature. But did you know… this handy feature has a nice touch … Continue reading
Workbook Statistics in #Excel 365
Whichever version of Excel you are using, you will see a lot of useful information about your worksheet/workbook in the Status Bar. Having said, many users are not aware of the presence of the status bar. Are you one of … Continue reading
Unhide multiple sheets with #Excel 365
Photo Hunt time – What are the differences between the two screenshots? Three, Two, One… Answer: Did you see it? The long-awaited feature is finally here in Excel 365. The next question is how?
Unselect selected cells with #Excel 365
First of all, I wish you a happy, healthy, and Excellent new year of 2023! Unselect selected cells Maybe you knew this already … we can select multiple cells/ranges by holding CTRL key. However, there was no way to unselect … Continue reading
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Basic Date Calculations – Power Query vs Excel Formula
It is quite common to perform date-related calculations when we work with Excel. Before Power Query, we must do it with built-in functions. However, we may not get the results we need with a single function most of the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Formula, Power Query
Tagged CEILING, CHOOSE, Date, DAY, EOMONTH, LET, MONTH, Power Query, SWITCH, TEXT, TODAY, YEAR
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Convert text date into date with Power Query for #Excel
I have a couple of blogposts about how to convert dates stored as text in various formats into real date that Excel recognizes, and you can further work on it. There are many approaches such as text to column and … Continue reading
Extract content from a column in Power Query for #Excel
It is a common task to extract certain texts from a cell in Excel. For example, we may want to If you are good in Excel formula, you may be able to achieve this by constructing formula with Excel functions … Continue reading
Power Query Challenge from Excel On Fire
Split columns dynamically I came across this challenge from Excel On Fire. This challenge just happened related to the topic of my previous post regarding splitting column using Power Query. So i take the challenge and offer a different solution. … Continue reading
Split column in Power Query for #Excel
In regular Excel, Text to Columns is the non-formula approach to split contents from a column into multiple columns. It is a very powerful feature in Excel which many users are not yet aware of it. If you want to … Continue reading
Merge Columns in Power Query for #Excel
Merging columns is a super easy task in Power Query. What we need to know is where to click. Having said that, we need to pay attention to The order of selecting columns to be merged, as it directly impacts … Continue reading
Replace values in Power Query
Find and Replace is quite common in Excel. If you are not sure about what options we have for Find and Replace, please read my blogpost here. In regular Excel, the Find and Replace action is one-off. Whenever we have … Continue reading
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