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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.

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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

August 19, 2021

IFERROR in Power Query Using TRY OTHERWISE

In Excel we can use IFERROR to if our calculation results in an error, and we can then tell Excel

August 5, 2021

Easily Compare Multiple Tables in Power Query

Comparing table columns in Excel is a common task. You may need to identify items that are the same, different,

July 29, 2021

VLOOKUP in Power Query Using List Functions

If you've done lookups in Power Query to pull values from one table into another, you may have used a

July 22, 2021

Auto Refresh PivotTables

In this tutorial we’re going to look at the options we have available to auto refresh PivotTables in Excel without

July 15, 2021

Power Pivot Running Total

In this tutorial we’ll look at how to create a Power Pivot running total that allows you to see the

July 8, 2021

Secret Power Query Function List

Hidden inside both Excel and Power BI is a secret Power Query function list that you can bring up while

June 16, 2021

Show Items with no Data in PivotTables

Show Items with no Data in PivotTables is a handy setting that allows you to show items in the PivotTable

June 10, 2021

Fuzzy Matching in Power Query

Fuzzy matching is the ability to match non-identical text based on how similar one string is compared to the other.

May 26, 2021

Handling HTTP Errors in Power Query and Power BI

If you are working with web servers, either because you are trying to scrape data or you are using a

May 20, 2021

Non-financial Excel Dashboards

Dashboards give a visual snapshot of your business performance. They typically show data spread over time and grouped by category.

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May 13, 2021

Extract Letters, Numbers, Symbols from Strings in Power Query with Text.Select and Text.Remove

In this post I'm going to use the Text.Remove and Text.Select functions in PQ to extract characters from text strings.

May 5, 2021

Share and Collaborate in Excel

We’ve been able to share and collaborate in Excel files simultaneously with our co-workers for quite some time. However, recently