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

A simple setup lets Excel combine recurring reports and refresh the results whenever new files arrive.

Did you know that data analysts spend up to 80% of their time cleaning and preparing data? If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. The good news is that tools like Power Query in Excel and ...

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 ...

Excel is more than just a spreadsheet tool; it is a comprehensive platform for data analysis and business intelligence. By using its advanced tools—Power Query, Power Pivot, and DAX—you can elevate ...

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 ...

The new series, "Breaking Free from Excel Beginner with AI," has finally reached its final episode. Up until now, we have ...

The January 2017 JofA article “Data Mining Your General Ledger With Excel” presents a step-by-step, formula-based approach to extracting general ledger data and then scrubbing them so that they can be ...

Chris Webb shared his thoughts on a new Power Query feature released in December for Power BI Desktop. The InferSheetDimensions Excel.Workbook function can infer the value for certain cells from the ...