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.

Speed up Power Query with List.Buffer. Cache lists, cut recalculation, and slash refresh times for large datasets in Excel and Power BI.

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.

I ’ve always used Excel for quick calculations and simple tables. But aside from common formulas and basic data manipulation ...

Specifically, you can use Power Query to import a single dataset like an Excel workbook, a table from a website, or a database. Alternatively, you can import multiple datasets from worksheets in an ...

Automating and optimizing data management tasks in Excel can significantly boost productivity. Power Query allows automation of common data gathering and cleaning tasks without needing VBA ...

These new Power BI data types will be available in Excel for Windows for all Microsoft 365 / Office 365 subscribers that also have a Power BI Pro service plan. Power Query data types are also ...

Businesses without Power BI can still leverage the Power Query technology in Excel. You can manually connect to dozens of different types of data sources and specify that you want the data to be ...

Excel provides a handy feature called Enable Background Refresh in Power Query’s properties. This feature keeps updating imported external data continuously while you may work on other worksheets.

Excel isn't going away, but it's going to stop accumulating extra tools like barnacles. Instead Power BI Desktop will become the self-service analytics hub.