Methods for performing scraping in Excel can be broadly categorized into three types: importing tables using Power Query, building code with VBA, and using AI tools to specify and extract items. While ...

Same report, same data, but way less suffering.

Did you know that data analysts spend up to 80% of their time cleaning and preparing data? If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. The good news is that tools like Power Query in Excel and ...

Many people avoid Power Query because they think it's too technical, but it's actually one of the safest and easiest ways to organize your data. It handles the dirty work with an intuitive interface, ...

Excel is more than just a spreadsheet tool; it is a comprehensive platform for data analysis and business intelligence. By using its advanced tools—Power Query, Power Pivot, and DAX—you can elevate ...

The shortest procedure to fix garbled text and missing leading zeros in CSVs with Power QueryAre you tired of the leading zeros in your customer codes disappearing the moment you import them, forcing ...

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. Microsoft Power Query ...

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 ...

There are some nice improvements to Power Query integration in the latest version of Power BI Report Builder that, while they are documented, didn’t get an official blog post but which I think deserve ...

The January 2017 JofA article “Data Mining Your General Ledger With Excel” presents a step-by-step, formula-based approach to extracting general ledger data and then scrubbing them so that they can be ...