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RE: Any way to speed up really slow refresh times in Power Query?

Hi Cory, Power Query can push processing back to external databases like SQL etc., which is called query folding. However, as your data is in Excel...

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RE: Group by quantity discrepancy

Hi Ileana, I'm a bit confused because you say there are 662k lines in query 1, which I presume is not grouped, but the grouped query 2 has 813k lin...

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RE: Can I perform SUMIFS in Power Query without a lot of fuss?

Great solution, Blanka! I've never noticed the All Rows option in the group dialog. I learnt something new too 🙂 Mynda

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RE: Can I perform SUMIFS in Power Query without a lot of fuss?

Hi Cory, The method you describe in option 3 is what I would do. Less queries or less steps does not always = more efficient. The benefit of usi...

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RE: Truncate and Load

Hi CS, You can add columns to a Query Table that has been loaded into the Excel sheet, but not rows. If you're wanting to add/modify rows then I wo...

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RE: sorting options in a pivot table

Hi Teddy, Anders suggestion is a good one, but you'll need to use Power Pivot to set the Sort By for your column based on an index or ID column. ...

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RE: Creating Categories Based on Order of Test Completion

Hi Jace, That's tricky. I created a lookup table for the class order mapping to groups called 'Groups'. Then I unpivoted the original data and merg...

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RE: How to pass multiple comma separated value to parameter table in power query?

Hi Poonam, Please upload a sample Excel file and provide an example of the end result you're trying to achieve. The screenshot only shows a cell in...

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RE: How to get information from table being updated in Google Drive

Hi Ashwani, You can use Power Query to get the data from an Excel file saved on Google Drive as described here: Mynda

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RE: Use PowerQuery for PowerPivots?

Hi Samantha, Best practice is to use Power Query to get your data, clean it and add any calculated columns you need, then load it to Power Pivot. T...

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RE: Can I Have Close/Load AND Close/Load To?

Hi Cory, You can also change the Close and Load settings via the Queries & Connections Pane in Excel. Just right-click the query you want to mo...

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RE: Allocating budget salaries for Leavers/Starters

Hi Jon, Thanks for sharing your file. I'm a bit confused by the example because PO1 is vacant in September, but Sue isn't terminated until October....

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