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Map Columns Between Data Sets
Ken is at the PASS BA conference this week, so it seemed like a perfect time for me to publish my first Power Query post here. In this installment, I'm going to show how to map columns between data...
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32 Bit Excel Memory Limit Increase!
So this is just huge, especially if you work with Power Pivot models and are stuck in 32 bit Excel… Microsoft has just released a 32 bit Excel Memory Limit increase for users of Excel 2016, effective...
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Cartesian Product Joins (for the Excel person)
While I was at the PASS BA conference in San Jose, CA last week, I got an email from a reader asking if Power Query could create a Cartesian Product join. Now I’m an Excel guy, and I’d never heard this...
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I Need Beta Testers
Today’s post isn’t of a technical nature, although it does have a pretty long technical background… I’m now at the point where I need beta testers for a new add-in I’m planning to release. What Does...
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Keep The Most Recent Entry
This week’s post was inspired by a question in my Power Query help forum. The poster has a set up data, and needs to keep the most recent entry for each person from a list of data. Background I never...
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New Vancouver Power BI User Group
I’ve been thinking about this for a while and, after discussing it with a couple of others who are passionate about Power BI… I’m pleased to announce that we have created a new Power BI User Group in...
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Display Last Refreshed Date in Power BI
One of my favourite tricks to use on a dashboard is to show the Last Refreshed Date. This is important as it lets you know how stale your data is. I think it’s even more important with Power BI, as...
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June 2016 Power Query Update
Yesterday, Microsoft released the June 2016 Power Query update. Even though there are only four items on the list of new features, some of them are quite impactful. What’s new in the June 2016 Power...
View ArticleJuly 2016 Power Query Update
Hey folks, I'm actually on vacation, so this post is going to be short. I just wanted to make sure you all are aware that there is a new Power Query update available. New features in the July 2016...
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Do you use (legacy) Get External Data features?
Hey everyone, A contact at Microsoft is looking for people who DO NOT use Power Query extensively, but DO use “legacy” methods to get external data into Excel. These “legacy” methods include using:...
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Fix: Excel Formulas don’t update in Power Query tables
If you’re new to Power Query, chances are you’re more comfortable doing tricky mathematics using Excel formulas, rather that Power Query formulas. No shame there, but you’ve probably run into a...
View ArticleJob Opening for a Power BI Analyst in Florida
I received an email from a reader who has a job opening for a Power BI analyst in Florida. A quick summary is that they are looking for someone with an excellent skill level in Power BI, DAX, M and...
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Creating Power BI Visuals
Last week I grabbed some data from OneDrive for Business. This week I’m going to start the process of creating Power BI visuals to build a dashboard which will be hosted in the cloud. Series Table of...
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Creating Power BI Card Visuals
In this post I’m going to continue the process of creating a Power BI dashboard built off the data I sourced from OneDrive for Business. This time I’m going to look specifically at creating Power BI...
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Sharing Power BI Reports (for External Users)
This is the fourth installment of this post series, and will demonstrate the process for publishing and sharing Power BI Reports. Key things we’ll look at here are how to publish the dashboard, keep...
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Sharing Power BI Dashboards
This is the fifth and final installment of this post series, and will demonstrate the process for publishing and sharing Power BI Dashboards (as compared to Reports.) Key things we’ll explore here are...
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October News and Events
It’s a busy month here at Excelguru. Instead of a technical post we wanted to catch everyone up on our October news and events! Live Course: Master Your Excel Data Ken is teaching a LIVE, hands on...
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Values Become Text After UnPivoting Other Columns
Have you ever set up a nice query to UnPivot other columns, only to find that the query data types change when you add new columns? This post will cover why values become text after unpivoting other...
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Power BI Slicers
For those coming from the Excel 2013 world, you’ll surely want to create filters using the Power BI Slicers. After all, you know that Slicers and Timelines are two of the sexiest filters we have for...
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MailChimp and Power BI
This week I was playing around with MailChimp and Power BI. If you’re not familiar with MailChimp, it’s the service that we use to send out our Monthly-ish newsletter. I thought I’d show how...
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