Stop Power Query from automatically setting Data Types
When you transform data using Power Query it will often automatically promote the headers (use first rows headers) and guess the data types for each column. You can stop it doing this.
(more…)Power Query and large data sets
When working with some large data sets in Power Query it may be useful to default your Close and Load option to Connection Only rather than a Table. That way if you do strike an issue it won’t take ages to load to data.
(more…)Entering today’s date in Excel
You can use a keyboard shortcut to enter today’s date in a cell, but you can also use it in lots of other places in Excel.
(more…)New Task Pane Icons
Seems new icons have been added in the right of screen to allow you to switch easily between Task Panes in a recent upgrade. This is in the subscription version of Excel.
Power Query shortcut for Adults
The shortcut to display the Queries & Connections Task Pane is easy to remember. It is Adults Only! To display or hide the Queries & Connections Task Pane you use. These keys are pressed in sequence, not held down. So only adults allowed in Power Query.
Summing Text Numbers in Excel Updated
Get the Sign Right in Excel
I was recently working with some data that had some issues with the sign on the quantities. The quantities should have had the same sign as the associated dollar amount, but they didn’t. Here is how I fixed it.
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