If you use the M-function Number.Mod in Power BI or Power Query and expect the same result like in Excel or DAX, you are probably in good company. But if (…) Read more
Posts in Category ‘little Tipps&Tricks’
How Power Query can return clickable hyperlinks with friendly names to Excel
When you use Power Query as an Excel-automation-tool rather than just to feed the data model, you might want to return clickable hyperlinks that carry friendly names. This doesn’t work out of (…) Read more
How to open a complex JSON record in Power BI and Power Query
Today I’ll show you a very useful technique how to deal with a JSON record that contains a wild mixture of different elements like this: If you click on one (…) Read more
Tips and Tricks for R scripts in the query editor in Power BI
Especially if you are new to R, there are some things one needs to know to successfully run R-scripts in the query editor of Power BI. I will share them (…) Read more
New M-function: Table.TransformColumnTypesToFirstRowsTypes for PowerBI and PowerQuery
The following function automatically transforms all columns to the types that have been detected in the cells of its first row. Provided they come as: Number, date or text (but (…) Read more
How to expand a column that cannot be expanded in Power BI and Power Query in Excel
Especially when working with JSON-data, you might end up with a column that has elements of mixed types in it. The expand column – arrows will be missing, but some elements still need (…) Read more