When cleaning dirty data, you might have used the Trim-function (Text.TrimStart or Text.TrimEnd) to delete leading or trailing whitespace from your strings. However, did you know that you could use (…) Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Power Query’
Date.Networkdays function for Power Query and Power BI
Today I’m going to share my custom NETWORKDAYS function for Power Query with you that uses the same syntax than its Excel-equivalent. NETWORKDAYS function This function’s first 3 parameters work (…) Read more
Tidy up Power BI models with the Power BI Cleaner tool
Edit: I am retiring support for this tool for now, as you can find an alternative here: Measure Killer | Brunner BI. Please feel free to use this tool as (…) Read more
Advanced transformations on multiple columns at once in Power BI and Power Query
You can apply simple transformations to multiple columns at once in Power Query using the UI only. In this article I show how you can apply advanced transformations on multiple (…) Read more
Dynamically create types from text with Type.FromText in Power Query and Power BI
In this article I’ll show you how to create types from text in Power Query, enabling you to dynamically change types via functions for example. It’ll come out as a (…) Read more
Performance tip for aggregations after joins in Power Query and Power BI
This article was edited on 2nd Nov 2019. JoinKind.Local has been removed to avoid problems with merges on tables with primary keys: In this article you’ll learn how to speed (…) Read more