Web apps love exporting CSV files, but they don't always play nice with Excel. Leading zeros disappear, dates break, and text fields merge together. Most people waste time fixing these problems ...

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 ...

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. Microsoft Power Query ...

Power Query’s auto-generated M code often introduces unnecessary rigidity, which can hinder the flexibility of your data workflows. Excel Off The Grid highlights practical ways to address this issue, ...

Did you know that data analysts spend up to 80% of their time cleaning and preparing data? If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. The good news is that tools like Power Query in Excel and ...