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July 21, 2022

Identify overlapping dates and times in Excel

I often get asked how to identify overlapping dates and times in Excel. Excel doesn’t have an ‘overlap’ function, but

July 14, 2022

5 Excel Online Features Better than Desktop

Microsoft are massively investing in Excel Online and as a result there are some features that are now better than

June 2, 2022

Custom Tooltips in Power BI

When you hover your mouse over an element in a visual, like a column in a clustered column chart, a

May 26, 2022

Embedding Excel Dashboards in a Web Page

Embedding Excel dashboards in a web page is a great way to securely share reports. All you need to do

conditional formatting tables and matrices in power bi

May 19, 2022

Conditional Formatting in Power BI Tables and Matrices

Conditional formatting in Power BI visuals allows you to draw attention to, or highlight, data in text or numeric fields

May 9, 2022

Excel Student Performance Dashboard

I've used a range of techniques to build the interactive Excel student performance dashboard below, which are covered in the

delete empty rows and columns using power query

April 21, 2022

Remove Blank Rows and Columns from Tables in Power Query

When you import data to Power Query, it's not unusual to end up with a table containing blank rows and

extracting data from lists and records in power query

April 7, 2022

Extracting Data from Nested Lists and Records in Power Query

You may have data that is contained in lists or records, or even lists inside records, or records inside lists.

March 31, 2022

TEXTSPLIT, TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER Functions

It’s been a long wait, but we finally have some exciting new Excel text functions that are going to make

March 24, 2022

Excel Chart Axis Switch

When working with small multiple charts or panel charts as they’re also known, it’s handy to be able to switch

March 17, 2022

DAX Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

Writing DAX is hard enough. If there were some way to make the experience a little easier wouldn't that be

March 10, 2022

Top 10 Intermediate Excel Functions

Most Excel users know the basic functions like SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE etc. Therefore, in this tutorial I’m going to cover

March 3, 2022

Combine Files With Different Column Names in Power Query

I'm going to look at situations that appear to be fairly common: loading data into Power Query where the source

February 24, 2022

Automatically Email Reminders from Excel with Power Automate

We can automatically email reminders from Excel with Power Automate and there’s no programming required. You don’t even need to

February 10, 2022

5 Pro Excel Dashboard Design Tips

Design can make or break how well your dashboard communicates your message. Unfortunately, there are some common mistakes I see

February 3, 2022

Excel CUBE Functions

Some might say that Excel CUBE functions are the new PivotTables because they allow us to build reports based on

January 27, 2022

Excel Charts with Shapes for Infographics

You can create more interest and give your charts infographic styling when you create Excel charts with Shapes. There’s no

January 20, 2022

Fixing Incorrect Totals in DAX

Typically in Power BI visuals like a matrix or a table, and in pivot tables in Excel, we expect the

January 13, 2022

Introduction to DAX Measures

DAX is the Power Pivot formula language available in both Power BI and Excel. It stands for Data Analysis eXpression.

January 6, 2022

5 Excel SUM Function Tricks

I know you’re probably thinking that everyone knows how to use the SUM function, but I’m willing to bet that

December 2, 2021

Power Query Keyboard Shortcuts to Save Time

Below is a list of time saving keyboard shortcuts that you can use in Power Query, in both Excel and

November 25, 2021

Toggle Top N with Slicers

Power Pivot course member, Peter, asked if it was possible to toggle the top n with a Slicer for a

November 18, 2021

Interactive Personal Finance Dashboard

Manage and monitor where your money goes with this personal finance dashboard. Even if you’re not interested in building your

November 11, 2021

Remove Text Between Delimiters – Power Query

This is my source data and I want to remove the percentages Specifically I want to remove all occurrences of

October 28, 2021

Tips for Using The Power Query Advanced Editor

If you've only ever used the user interface (Ribbon and menus) to create your transformations then you're missing out on

October 21, 2021

Hash Sign in Excel Formulas

If you’ve worked with dynamic array formulas*, you’ll have noticed that they’re able to spill the results to multiple cells.

pivot unknown variable number of rows to columns

October 7, 2021

Pivot an Unknown Number of Rows into Columns

Sometimes you have a table of data that describes a 1 to many relationship. The number of values on the

September 30, 2021

10 Common Excel Mistakes to Avoid

I’ve received a lot of Excel files from our members over the years and I see the same mistakes time

September 16, 2021

Cool New Features in Excel for Microsoft 365

In this tutorial I’m going to highlight some cool new Excel features that might have slipped under your radar, a

August 26, 2021

Dynamic Dependent Data Validation

Before we had the luxury of dynamic array functions, creating dependent data validation lists typically required using multiple tables and