Key Takeaways : Power Query is essential for data transformation and cleaning in Excel and Power BI. Web scraping with Power Query allows dynamic data import from websites. Connecting to local ...

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.

Learn how to handle column name changes in Power Query and prevent workflow failures with expert tips and dynamic solutions.

This month’s column shows how to clean and join data using Excel’s Power Query.

Highlighting or even deleting duplicate records in Excel is simple but listing them isn't as easy. Fortunately, you can use Power Query to easily display a list of duplicate values or records.

Specifically, you can use Power Query to import a single dataset like an Excel workbook, a table from a website, or a database. Alternatively, you can import multiple datasets from worksheets in an ...

Businesses without Power BI can still leverage the Power Query technology in Excel. You can manually connect to dozens of different types of data sources and specify that you want the data to be ...

I ’ve always used Excel for quick calculations and simple tables. But aside from common formulas and basic data manipulation ...

Excel provides a handy feature called Enable Background Refresh in Power Query’s properties. This feature keeps updating imported external data continuously while you may work on other worksheets.

Excel isn't going away, but it's going to stop accumulating extra tools like barnacles. Instead Power BI Desktop will become the self-service analytics hub.