Web queries offer a handy way to import data from selected tables into a worksheet–but Excel isn’t as accommodating as it should be, especially when it comes to parameters. These tricks will let you ...

Using the External Data Connection feature in Excel, you can acquire information from external sources, such as Access and SQL Server. The data remains stored at its original source, but the data ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a massive spreadsheet, wondering how to extract just the right information without getting lost in a sea of data? Whether you’re a seasoned Excel user or just ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...

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 ...

Power Query used to be quite limited in Excel for the web, but Microsoft has now rolled out an update that brings the full experience to certain subscribers. Microsoft, in a recent announcement, said ...

You don't need to fear imported spreadsheets anymore.

Microsoft Excel’s Power Query tool is being highlighted in training to help users import, transform, and merge datasets from multiple sources without coding. The tool enables efficient data shaping, ...

Learn how simple M code tweaks in Power Query can help you handle missing columns, rank data flexibly, and fix Excel rounding ...

Microsoft's Excel software is an indispensable tool for small businesses because of its flexibility and the ease with which you can set up spreadsheets. Though you can use it to manage files ...