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Tag Archives: Power Query
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
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
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
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
Data Type is NOT formatting in #PowerQuery
Let’s think about this scenario. In the first encounter of Power Query, you were presented with demonstrations that show all the powerful transformations done by Power Query. You were surprised and amazed with the demos. Normally we did not pay … Continue reading
Getting Start with #PowerQuery in #Excel
As mentioned in the previous post, the awareness of Power Query is extremely low. In my experience, the hurdle for people who have learned Power Query but not feeling comfortable in using it is the fact that they are not … Continue reading
Will Power Query change your life?
Well, it depends! Depends on what? It depends on what you do and how you do it in Excel. 😉 True/False moments Excel is the core software I use for work I use Excel for data analysis I need to … Continue reading
Do Not input “-” for zero. Use proper formatting in #Excel
Do you input a hyphen to represent zero? If you do, please stop doing so in the future. The proper way of displaying “-” for zero is to apply relevant cell format to it. E.g. Using Accounting format with no … Continue reading
Posted in Excel Basic, Excel Tips, Format
Tagged Custom Format, Format, Power Query, Replace Values
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Combine different ranges of data across worksheets in #Excel using Power Query
In the previous blogpost, I showed you how to use INDIRECT to prepare a summary table based on values from different ranges across worksheets. In this post, I am going to show you how to do that with Power Query. … Continue reading
Filter: It’s easy and not easy
Applying filter in Excel is a very common task. We used to filter a dataset and focus on a subset of data that we are interested in. It is super easy to filter. The problem is, are you sure you … Continue reading
Dense Ranking with Power Query – Unexpected Behavior and Workarounds
This post is inspired by the article – Dense Ranking in Power Query, written by PHILIP TREACY from myOnlineTraingHub. The first part of this post is a summary of what I read from Philip’s post. While the second part is … Continue reading
#Excel #PowerQuery Challenge – Add value to CSV data in cells
As always, a picture tells thousand words. The above image explains clearly what we want to achieve, with Power Query in Excel of course. This problem was bought to my attention when I watched the Dueling Excel Podcast #192 by … Continue reading
Quick tip – Zoom in and out of the #PowerQuery editor
In both #Excel and #PowerBI Did you know… we can ZOOM IN or zoom out everything but ribbon in the Power Query Editor in both Excel and Power BI Desktop… … by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+= CTRL+SHIFT+- respectively. The story behind the … Continue reading
Split date ranges from cells with #Excel #PowerQuery
Take a look at the challenge presented above. Is it possible to do it in Excel? Be honest, without Power Query, I have no idea how to do it but manual work. 😁🤦♂️ Believe it or not, with Power Query, … Continue reading
Transform and Combine all worksheets in an #Excel workbook with #PowerQuery
Power Query is magically powerful, yet it is not well known to majority of Excel users. I think most Excel users are not even aware of its existence… So, let’s talk about how Power Query could solve a real-life problem … Continue reading
My first video with English Voice Over
Power Query – Full Outer Join Revisit Part 2 If you have been following my blog for a while, you should probably know that I’ve started my YouTube channel about one year ago. Up to this moment, I’ve uploaded 54 … Continue reading
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