Index

A

Add index column 159, 223

Adding dates 269

Add items 92

Addition 175

AdventureWorks 81

Aggregating while grouping 144

All files in a folder 41

AND() equivalent 245

Any data type 119

Appending any type 122

Appending operations 33

Append query 35

Excel vs Power Query icons 37

At the left-most delimiter 77

Authentication options

for web data 127

Averaging 145

Azure 81

B

Banding levels 246

Base 0 versus base 1 176

Begins with xls 58

Benefit versus time 3

Binaries 209

Blank query 20

Budget requests via e-mail 137

C

Calendar

appointments from Exchange 137

tables 263

Calling a function 237

Case sensitive formulas 176

Changing type 15

Chrome developer tools 131

CLEAN() equivalent 72

Close & load 16

Collapsing fields 93

Combining worksheets 53

Comments 220

Concatenation issues 177

Conditional logic 191

Configuration window 24

Connection-only query 97

Connections, managing 84

Consecutive numbers 198

Consolidating tables 53

Content column 42

Corrupting your model 115

Counting 145

Csv.Document 48

CSV, importing from 13

Currency.From 179

Custom.Column1 49

Custom columns 173

Custom functions 233

D

Dangers 115

Databases 81

Data math 177

Data model dangers 115

Data monkey 1

Data refresh error 113

Data types 119

best practices 124

Date.From 178

Date.FromText 178

Date functions 267

Date modified 79

Date serial numbers 120

Dates from text 47

Date.ToText 178

Date types 28

DD/MM/YYYY 28

Debugging 239

Decimal.From 179

Define once 6

Distinct count 145

Division 175

Don’t aggregate 160

Double-headed arrow 49, 86

Duplicate spaces 73

Duplication of data 60

Duration.From 179

Duration.FromText 179

Dynamic headers 101

Dynamic named ranges 19

Dynamic parameter tables 257

E

Each row 220

End of month 47

Ends with 57

Errors 209

are exciting 75

filtering 56

row-level 209

step-level 209

ETL 5

Example files 10

Excel.CurrentWorkbook() 53, 62

Excel.Workbook([Content]) 62

Exchange data 137

best practices 141

Expand icon 59

for lists 201

Expand solution to many files 50

Explicit vs implicit conversion 177

Exponents use power not ^ 175

Extracting date parts 268

Extract, transform, load 5

F

File from folder 79

File properties, preserving 46

Files

listing from a folder 41

sample workbooks for book 10

Filling

horizontally 153

vertically 152

Filtering errors 56

FIND() equivalent 185

Fire hose first inch 36

First row as headers 26

fnGetParameter() 259

fnSWITCH() 254

Folder, import all files 41

Formula.Firewall error 271

Formulas 173

case sensitive 176

discovering functions 175

From web 127

Functions 210

Future-proofing 41

fx button 225

G

Garbage columns 76

Gear icon 24

Google analytics 94

Grouping queries 276

Grouping via a query 143

H

Header rows, extra 23

HTML navigating 131

I

Icon to load all 42

IF() equivalent 193

IFERROR() equivalent 192

Implicit vs explicit conversion 177

Importing 13

Excel data 16

from dynamic ranges 19

from named ranges 18

web data 127

Inconsistent alignment 71

INDEX() 19

Int64.From 179

IT alert dashboard 137

K

KPIs 89

L

Learning map 7

LEFT() equivalent 180

LEN() equivalent 183

Line breaks in M 218

Linking steps in M 217

List files in folder 41

List from table columns 199

List objects 196

Lists of lists 200

List Tools tab in ribbon 196

List to table 198

Live versus saved 62

Loading

connection only 107

from Exchange 137

to data model 109

to Power Pivot 2010 109, 111

to tables 107

Locale 29

Logical expressions 191

M

M

each row 220

getting started with 173

line breaks 218

special characters 220

#"syntax" 217

tying steps together 217

understanding 215

Mail, loading 137

Managing connections 84

Many-to-many joins 100

Max 145

Median 145

Meeting requests 137

Merge columns 76

Merging steps 15

Merging tables 97

Middle of data set 223

MID() equivalent 187

Min 145

MM/DD/YYYY 28

Modulo column 159

Most recently modified 79

Move down 27

Multiplication 175

N

Name conflicts 18

Named ranges, defining 18

Navigating HTML 131

Navigator 85

Nondelimited text 71

Nonprinting characters 71

Null values 39

Number.From 179

Number.FromText 179

Number.ToText 178

O

Objects 195

Functions 210

Lists 196

Record 201

Tables 195

Values 208

ODBC 81

OK is greyed out 98

One-to-one joins 99

Operating on each row 220

Optimization 96

OR() equivalent 243

Organizing queries 275

P

Parameter tables 257

People, from Exchange 137

Percentage of total 149

PivotTable

inserting 43

refreshing 38

Pointer queries 97

Portability of Exchange queries 141

Power for exponents 175

Power Update 171

pqVLOOKUP 247

Preserving file properties 46

Preview a field 48

Preview window 140

Previous order date 229

Previous row 229

Print area as dynamic range 56

Promoted headers 14

Q

Query folding 95

Query name 107

R

Reach of tools 4

Rearranging steps 27

Recently modified file 79

Record objects 201

from table row 205

to table 203

Recursion of folders 46

Reduce rows 56, 72

Referring to previous step 225

Refresh all 45

Refreshing 165

every x minutes 166

methods for 16

on workbook open 166

via Power Update 171

via properties 165

with VBA 166

Regional settings 29

Relationship detection 86

Remove errors 56

Remove other columns 86

Removing rows 26

Removing steps 24

Renaming column 14

Repeating groups 63

Repeating headers 71

Repivoting data 65

Replace $ with nothing 33

Retroactive data 66

Retrofitting for translation 102

Returning text dates 269

RIGHT() equivalent 182

Rounding 149

Row-level errors 209

S

Sample files 10

Saved versus live 62

Sequential nature 46

Single column error 24

Source, changing 78

Spaces, duplicate 73

Split by column 26

Split by position 73

SQL ninja 96

SQL Server 81

SQL Server Analysis Services 88

SSAS 88

SSMS 96

Stacked tables 158

Staging/loading queries 274

Step-level errors 209

Subtraction 175

Summing 145

Survey data via e-mail 137

SWITCH() equivalent 252

T

Table.Max 147

Table name in Power Pivot 112

Tables

objects 195

official Excel table 17

versus ranges 21

versus views 96

Tasks, from Exchange 137

Text

functions 179

non-delimited 71

to dates 47

txt instead of CSV 25

Text.From 177

Time.From 179

Time.FromText 179

Time.ToText 178

Top seller 147

To table 198

Training workshops 7

Translation table 102

Transposing data 153

stacked tables 158

TRIM() equivalent 72

Try ... otherwise 192

U

Unpivoting data 63

locking columns 68

with subcategories 151

Unpivot other columns 67

Use original column name as prefix 49

V

Values objects 208

Views versus tables 96

VLOOKUP()

for merging 97

Power Query equivalent 245

W

Web data 127

Web-hosted files 129

Where to find 8

Wikipedia dangers 134

Workbook queries pane, showing 16

Workbooks, combining 57

Worksheets, combining 53

Y

Years, converting to 86

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