Category: Excel

Power Query “Trusted” Locations

My last two blog posts detailed some frustration that I ran into when working with Power Query.  First the issue that I couldn’t trust folders, but got stuck trusting files, and then the issue where I overloaded my credentials area. 

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Power Query Security Woes

Recently I’ve been working on automating a business process for a client.  It’s become a really interesting project that uses a mix of Excel tables, Power Query, Power Pivot and VBA, as well as a WinAutomation script.  Before I talk

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Importing Dates in Power Query

A couple of weeks ago I was teaching a course on Power Query.  I distributed a bunch of sample files, started to walk the attendees through the steps, and a hand went up. “I get an error in my date

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Using Power Query with Email

At our last MVP summit, I sat in on a session on PowerQuery. Our presenter, who is pretty passionate about it, at one point asked us “Who has wanted to use PowerQuery on their email inbox?” And honestly, I have

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From TXT files to BI solution

Several years ago, when Power Pivot first hit the scene, I was talking to a buddy of mine about it. The conversation went something like this: My Friend: “Ken, I’d love to use PowerPivot, but you don’t understand the database

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Un-Pivoting Data in Power Query

I was fooling around with the latest build of Power Query (for Excel 2010/2013), and I’ve got to say that I’m actually really impressed with this piece. I think the user experience still needs a bit of work, but once

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Making Pivot Table Hyperlinks Clickable

If you’ve ever built a PivotTable that contains hyperlinks, you’ll notice that clicking the hyperlinks doesn’t do anything. This can be a bit frustrating as the reason you put that field on the Pivot in the first place is that

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