A good way to think about when and why to use Power Query is to consider its relationship to PivotTables. While analysis is best done in PivotTables, Power Query cleans the data for best use by ...

This guide is intended for readers who are new to Microsoft Excel or Power Query. The tips don't require you to know or use any Power Query M formula language, and they offer a good starting point ...

Data comes from all kinds of sources and Microsoft Power Query can you when you need to combine foreign data. It’s a bit easier than trying to do so in Microsoft Excel sometimes.

Power Query Copilot integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 applications, allowing you to import data from Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Outlook emails, and SharePoint files.

When this is the case, you can use Power Query’s Extract and Split Column features to extract delimited strings into their components. I’m using Microsoft 365 Desktop and Power Query in ...

Power Query’s background refresh feature, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies. For example, when linked to PivotTables, queries may refresh multiple times unnecessarily, causing ...

For Power Query to properly transform the data, you must correctly identify and specify the delimiter. For example, in our case, a less than sign (<) separates the names and the email addresses.

Reorder multiple columns with Drag & Drop. Once the data is open in the Power Query Editor, hold the Ctrl key and select the desired columns in the order you want them to be displayed. For example ...