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 ...

Have you ever been overwhelmed by a messy dataset in Excel, unsure of where to start with cleaning it up? You’re not alone. Data cleaning can be one of the most tedious and time-consuming tasks for ...

Standard Excel lookups are perfectionists that fail on typos or extra spaces. While you could hack a solution using nested XLOOKUP, TRIM, and LOWER functions, it's brittle and hard to maintain. Power ...

Microsoft has released an add-in for Microsoft Excel called Data Explorer. It is now called Microsoft Power Query. The free add-in has been designed to reduce your efforts in searching, shaping, and ...

Want to get more out of Excel? At Microsoft’s inaugural Data Insights Summit last month, several experts offered a slew of suggestions for getting the most out of Excel 2016. Here are 10 of the best. ...

How to combine data ranges with Microsoft Power Query in Excel Your email has been sent Microsoft Power Query showed up in Excel 2016, though earlier versions can ...

Have you ever stared at a beautifully organized table in Excel—rows and columns perfectly aligned—only to realize it’s a nightmare for analysis? Cross-tab layouts, while visually appealing, can feel ...

How to convert a birth date to an age without an expression using Microsoft Excel Power Query Your email has been sent Calculating age requires a bit of specialized knowledge. Any expression you use ...