Excel is a powerhouse at transforming and manipulating data, thanks to a wide variety of Excel formulas and in-app tools. Add Power Query to this already powerful mix, and you get an even more ...

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, trying to clean up data that just won’t cooperate? Or maybe you’ve found yourself manually merging files, painstakingly copying and pasting ...

Power Query is a game-changer in terms of the amount of time I save, ensuring imported data is ready for analysis in Excel. If you're new to this tool, it's helpful to know a few commands that can ...

How to combine data ranges with Microsoft Power Query in Excel Your email has been sent Microsoft Power Query showed up in Excel 2016, though earlier versions can ...

PowerQuery is a powerful tool in Excel that allows you to import, clean, and analyze data from various sources. One of the key features of PowerQuery is its ability to refresh data automatically, ...

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, only to end up questioning your sanity over rogue spaces or mismatched text entries? If so, you’re not alone. Data cleaning is one of the ...

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 ...

Widely shared Excel methods often ignore better tools that improve structure, automation, and maintainability.

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is overhauling Excel with the ability to support custom live data ...