Author: Ken Puls

Merge Data Based on Two Columns

This past weekend I attended SQL Saturday in Portland, OR.  While I was there, I attended Reza Rad’s session on Advanced Data Transformations with Power Query.  During that session, Reza showed a cool trick to merge data based on two

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M is for (Data) Monkey

M is for (Data) Monkey: The Excel Pro's Definitive Guide to Power Query In August 2021, we published the second edition of this book under the name Master Your Data for Excel and Power BI. Click here to learn more

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MZ-Tools 8.0 for VBA

One of my favourite add-ins of all time just got an upgrade, and I’m super stoked about it.  Why?  Because I can use it again! As I began my VBA journey, there were two add-ins that I used all the

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Split by line breaks in Power Query

Some more savvy Excel users know that you can break text onto multiple lines in a cell by pressing Alt+Enter mid entry.  Today’s post explores how we can split by line breaks in order to break these types of cell

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Clean WhiteSpace in Power Query

The other day as I was working through a model, I once again tripped upon the fact that Power Query’s Text.Trim function doesn’t clean whitespace inside the text string, only at the ends.  For those who are used to Excel’s

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Renewed as an MVP

I’m pleased to say that I received the email this morning to let me know that I’ve been renewed as an MVP for another year. This is my 10th Microsoft Excel MVP award, and there have been a lot of

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Sharing Power Query Solutions

One of the attendees at today’s Power Query Workshop (now Power Query Academy) asked about a specific scenario today.  His company doesn’t have a solid IT infrastructure for sharing data, and he’s trying to figure out the best method for

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