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 ...

If you are working with Excel spreadsheets or workbooks, juggling multiple tables of data, at some time you might need to combine them into one. Rather than spending hours manually copying and pasting ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a sprawling Excel workbook, wondering if you’re using the right tool for the job? Between Power Query, Power Pivot, and VBA, it’s easy to feel like you’re ...

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 ...

We've all been there: struggling with a nested Excel formula that breaks when your data shifts, or using Flash Fill only to find it missed half the rows. I stopped relying on those fragile workarounds ...

Using the External Data Connection feature in Excel, you can acquire information from external sources, such as Access and SQL Server. The data remains stored at its original source, but the data ...

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 ...

Highlighting or even deleting duplicate records in Excel is simple but listing them isn’t as easy. Fortunately, you can use Power Query to easily display a list of duplicate values or records. Whether ...

Recent coverage highlights how Microsoft Excel’s AI features, Office Scripts, and Power Query are transforming data cleaning, analysis, and automation. These tools replace fragile formulas and ...

BigQuery is getting bigger. On Wednesday, Google announced that it has added two new features to its BigQuery functionality, which provides the ability to analyze Big Data in the cloud. A new BigQuery ...