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Power BI Cleaner Gen2 is here
Today I’m very excited to share with you my first version of a complete rework of my Power BI Cleaner tool. It is way faster the the initial version, overcomes some bugs and limitations of the old...
View ArticleExcel YEARFRAC function for Power Query
While there is a native YEARFRAC-function in DAX that you can use to calculate year fractions, sometimes you might just need it in Power Query. The function I’m presenting here has the same function...
View ArticleExcel WEEKNUM function for Power Query
If you are looking for the Excel equivalent of the WEEKNUM function for Power Query this article is for you. As this is also a function that has many regional options, I was lucky to find an algorithm...
View ArticleTRIMMEAN function for Power Query and Power BI
TRIMMEAN is a statistical function in Excel that calculates the “mean taken by excluding a percentage of data points from the top and bottom tails of a data set”. So you can use it if you want to...
View ArticleFill values to the right in Power Query and Power BI
While Power Query provides a convenient method to fill values from selected columns up- and downwards, there is no native option to do this to the right or left. So this article provides a custom...
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Quick fix for Formula.Firewall issues in Power Query and Power BI
Formula.Firewall issues can hit you when designing your queries or even “out of the blue” when suddenly refreshes in the service are failing due to changes in the query evaluation. You will find a lot...
View ArticlePresent Value (PV) function for Power Query
Finally 2023 is here, the year we expect Power Query function libraries to ship. This will make it so much easier to re-use ready made function than M-extensions. So let’s start collecting some fodder...
View ArticleFuture Value function (FV) for Power Query
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...
View ArticlePayment function (PMT) for Power Query
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)...
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Reference an intermediate step from a different query in Power Query
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...
View ArticleDecode URI in Power Query with custom Uri.UnescapeDataString function
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...
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