Data analysis is no longer a specialist skill reserved for analysts. It now supports finance, trading, ecommerce, marketing, ...

Power Query replaces risky and time-consuming manual edits with a safe, user-friendly system that speeds up everyday ...

Microsoft added reusable Skills, new financial data connectors, and traceability features to Copilot in Excel, built specifically for finance teams.

Learn how to use Excel's new GROUPBY and PIVOTBY functions through five real-world examples, ranging from easy to hard. This ...

In data analytics, having just one tool seldom suffices. Mastering both Microsoft Excel and SQL gives you greater flexibility, efficiency, and the ability to handle diverse data tasks. This article ...

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...

In the previous issue we learned how to transfer data from a spool file into a physical file or SQL table. To complete this "spool modernization" process, we just need to move that data into a handy ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

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Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, trying to clean up data that just won’t cooperate? Or maybe you’ve found yourself manually merging files, painstakingly copying and pasting ...

Did you know that you can leave notes on specific Excel cells for people to read? It’s a great way to safeguard against data entry mistakes by putting in reminders or instructions. Here’s how to set ...