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 ...

Have you heard of Power Query in Microsoft Excel but always thought that it's only intended for Excel experts? Let me stop you there because, actually, Power Query is designed to be user-friendly and, ...

Microsoft Excel offers several tools you can use when you need to fill a column with the same text or numbers. Instead of completing each cell manually, you can quickly fill in the entire column using ...

Microsoft Excel's Formula by Example helps automate repetitive tasks in structured tables in Excel for the Web. The tool is similar to Flash Fill, though it generates dynamic formulas that update with ...

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, ...

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 ...

How to create and populate a table in Microsoft Excel’s Power Query Your email has been sent Updating data in a Microsoft Excel workbook is common, but you will run into cases where you can replace ...

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 ...

Microsoft has released an add-in for Microsoft Excel called Data Explorer. It is now called Microsoft Power Query. The free add-in has been designed to reduce your efforts in searching, shaping, and ...