Excel Power Query and Multiple Files [one hour video]

Includes detailed pdf manual

Getting data into Excel and in the correct layout and format is the important starting point for any Excel project.

Power Query can automate the importation process. It is now a vital skill to possess.

This is a follow up session to the Introduction session which you can view here.

This session focuses on importing multiple files from a folder. The session uses CSV and Excel files plus Excel tables.

This is a video of a free live training session I ran in May 2021 – over 100 people attended – please share this resource with friends and colleagues. No editing has been done to the video.

(Apologies I did have a coughing fit – I thought I had turned off the microphone but I hadn’t.)

Use the button below to download the pdf manual and example files so you can follow along.

We need to get the word out on this powerful Excel feature.

(Note: Power Query is also part of Power BI, the skills you learn also apply to that.)

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Introduction To Excel Power Query [one hour video]

Includes detailed pdf manual

Getting data into Excel and in the correct layout and format is the important starting point for any Excel project.

Power Query can automate the importation process.

It is now a vital skill to possess.

This is a video of a free live training session I ran in May 2021 – over 100 people attended – please share this resource with friends and colleagues. No editing has been done to the video.

Use the button below to download the pdf manual and example files so you can follow along.

We need to get the word out on this powerful Excel feature.

(Note: Power Query is also part of Power BI, the skills you learn also apply to that.)

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Missing Chart Data in Excel

Another macro to the rescue

The default setting for charts in Excel is to hide the data on the chart if it is hidden on the sheet. I forgot that recently when I created a few charts using a workings area to hold the chart data. I later hid the workings with column grouping. Oops – when you hide the data in the charts go blank.

The Proof is in the Plants (Penguin, 2021)

A great book that brings together all the science that supports a plant-based diet.

The book is easy to read and accessible with lots of good analogies.

Plant foods are great for you and the planet and you can read about the science that backs that up.

The book pushes a mostly plant-based diet. It doesn’t push vegan or vegetarian. Being mainly plant based is the aim. The more the better.

Highly recommend the book.

I follow the Plant Proof podcast.

One Minute to Excel #13 – Create and Use a Check Box

Tick it to the next level

A check box is an easy interface to create and use.

See how to add one to a sheet and use it in a calculation.