Use Power Query's M language to quickly fix names, remove hidden characters, extract numbers, and merge columns.

Have you ever stared at a beautifully organized table in Excel—rows and columns perfectly aligned—only to realize it’s a nightmare for analysis? Cross-tab layouts, while visually appealing, can feel ...

In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficient and accurate financial reporting is crucial for making informed decisions. Manually consolidating and transforming financial data from multiple ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...

A super easy way to generate new records from multi-value columns using Excel Power Query Your email has been sent Have a complex Excel problem? Power Query to the rescue! Analyzing data often means ...

Q. There was a December 2020 article in the JofA about cleaning and joining data using a program called Alteryx, but we don’t have access to this program. Could you explain how to do those tasks using ...

They may look harmless, but they're certainly capable of turning your spreadsheets into traffic jams.

Want to get more out of Excel? At Microsoft’s inaugural Data Insights Summit last month, several experts offered a slew of suggestions for getting the most out of Excel 2016. Here are 10 of the best. ...

Web queries offer a handy way to import data from selected tables into a worksheet--but Excel isn't as accommodating as it should be, especially when it comes to parameters. These tricks will let you ...

The company is adding some handy automation features to its web-based spreadsheet software. The company is adding some handy automation features to its web-based spreadsheet software. Microsoft has ...