When working with cloud data sources you might encounter links where spaces show up as “%20” instead for example. This is called URI escaping or encoding. In Power Query there is a native function that does this kind of encoding: Uri.EscapeDataString – PowerQuery M | Microsoft Learn However, a native function that does just the … Read more
For Azure SQL Databases there is a very cool new preview feature: “sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint “. This function allows you to call certain Microsoft API endpoints directly from within your Azure database and write that data back into a table for example. With that, you can for example create a stored procedure that can be triggered from … Read more
This article presents a method to automatically plug or balance your balance sheet in Power BI. You can use it if your bookkeeping system doesn’t contain the Profit and Loss (PnL) bookings yet. Or for planning or financial modelling purposes when your calculated balance sheet figures don’t add up. The problem to plug or balance … Read more
When you reference another query in Power Query you will automatically get the results of the final step. But what if you want to reference a step that sits within that referenced query? One solution would be to split up that query into 2 and reference the final result of the splitted query. But that … Read more
While Excel and DAX have native functions to calculate the payment amount for a loan, Power Query lacks it still. As this is a very useful function, it’s time to create our own Payment function (PMT) for Power Query: Excel’s payment function (PMT) for Power Query Excel’s PMT function returns the payment for a loan … Read more
While Excel and DAX have native functions to calculate the future value of a payment series, Power Query lacks it still. So it’s time to create our own function for the Future Value (FV) for Power Query: Excel’s function for the Present Value (FV) for Power Query Excel’s FV function returns the future value of … Read more