Category: Excel

Data Types vs Formats

One of the common questions I get in live courses, blog comments and forum posts is a variant of, “How do I format my data in Power Query or Power BI?”  The short answer is that you don’t, but the

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Power Query Connectors

Data Connectors for Power Query in Excel One of the things that makes Power Query so powerful is able to connect to almost any type of data source. So how come you find yourself asking, "Why is this connector not

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Reduce Development Lag

How we reduce development lag when building queries in Power Query is a question that came up in my blog post at PowerPivotPro last week, even though that wasn't the main issue.  I thought it might be a good idea

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Adding null to Values Returns null

Today a user brought up something in the forums I've seen before; adding null to values returns null.  Simply put, they wanted to add the values in two columns together, but didn't get the results they expected. The issue: Adding

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Protect Power Queries

How you protect power queries is a question that will come up after you've built a solution that relies heavily on Power Query, especially if you're going to release it to other users. (This is a quick post, as I'm

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Create Column From Examples

I knew that the create Column From Examples feature had been released to Power BI Desktop, but it just showed up in my Excel 2016 build today.  And man is it cool! A scenario for Create Column From Examples A

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Free ‘DIY BI’ e-Books

Today I wanted to just make a quick announcement that we are currently working on a series of free 'DIY BI' e-Books. Free 'DIY BI' e-Books? Tell me more! Over the past few years of working with Excel an Power

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