Category: Power Query

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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Calculate Start and End Dates

I got an email from a reader this morning who asked how to calculate start and end dates for a given employee when they have had multiple terms of employment. Since it's been a while since we've had a technical

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Combine Excel Files

If you've wanted to use Power Query to combine Excel files with a single click - like you could for TXT and CSV files - the feature is finally here*.  The Combine Binaries feature has been re-written (as I discussed

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New Combine Binaries Experience

One of the updates in the latest Excel 2016 Insider preview build is a new Combine Binaries experience for Power Query.  This is both good and bad, and in this post we'll take a detailed look at both sides before

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Power Query Dependencies Viewer

The November 2016 update is now out and it finally brings a way to view the Power Query dependencies viewer.  While it’s been out in Power BI Desktop for a while, (as Matt posted about a while ago,) this is

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