Postcodes are just text values. How does Power BI know where each postcode is on a map? It does so by geocoding: sending each ...

Microsoft's spreadsheet program can do way more than you might imagine. These are the hacks and tricks you need to know.

Handle millions of rows by loading queries into Power Pivot, building relationships, and creating measures for fast variance ...

The Execute Direct Query event has a duration of 2.1 seconds – meaning that again there is a gap to be explained, a gap where ...

Alt > A > P > T: Open the Power Query window with data from the selected Excel table. Constants: This is the fastest way to ...

The FIND function allows you to find a text string within another. It returns the position at which a character or string begins within another text string. The output of the above function will be 5, ...

This Custom Data Connector wraps many of the "Get" endpoints in the Power BI API (with the exception of the /executeQueries endpoint), so that OAuth can be used to authenticate to the service. This ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a sprawling Excel workbook, wondering if you’re using the right tool for the job? Between Power Query, Power Pivot, and VBA, it’s easy to feel like you’re ...

Microsoft Excel for Windows is getting a streamlined upgrade for anyone working with external data. If you regularly use Power Query, there’s a brand-new “Get Data” experience rolling out that aims to ...