This is a quick method about extracting only letters from a string. It is part of the Week2 “Preppin’ data” challenge. Task for extracting letters from a string Image you (…) Read more
Clean up or harmonize mis- or differently spelled category data with Power Query
A typical problem with data that has been created by manual entries is that category values are often misspelled or missed. So in this article I’m showing a very powerful (…) Read more
Your Oracle data import in Power BI and Power Query is slow?
If you’re using the native Oracle connector in Power Query, you will probably experience a very slow import performance. Thanks to Tristan Malherbe for recommending to use the OleDB-connector in (…) Read more
How to refresh Power Queries on protected sheets in Excel
When working with Power Query in Excel you might want to refresh Power Queries on protected sheets. But this will not work by default. Using a macro to temporarily unprotect (…) Read more
Improve File Import from SharePoint in Power BI and Power Query
When you use the UI to import files from SharePoint, you’ll end up with the Sharepoint.Files function. This function can become fairly or super slow when you use it on (…) Read more
Convert DateTime to ISO 8601 date and time strings in Power Query
Often, when querying APIs it is required to enter date and time filters in ISO 8601 format . Today I show a quick way to convert DateTime to ISO 8601 string, (…) Read more