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.

This guide by Excel expert Chandoo will walk you through the ins and outs of Power Query, from web scraping to connecting to local network files, making your data transformation tasks a breeze.

Learn how Excel’s Power Query can simplify data cleaning, automate tasks, and transform your workflow. Save time and reduce errors!

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.

You can directly run SQL queries on a database from Excel. The traditional method was to create a Macro and write a long Visual Basic code by using ADO connection to get connected with the source.

How to Perform Multiple Queries on an Excel Spreadsheet. Using the External Data Connection feature in Excel, you can acquire information from external sources, such as Access and SQL Server. The ...

I am running a query in Excel that I want to prompt the user to enter in a date range. I am using the "between" value. Everytime I enter in a date, it errors and says "SQL data type out of range ...

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.

Power Query transformations can assist in splitting data into rows, based on various factors such as delimiter, text patterns, and data types.