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RE: DAX Measure

Hi Ian, The DAX FILTER function's second argument must return a Boolean true or false value. This: Hours[End of Week] = [Start Date] Returns...

5 months ago
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RE: Formula exceeded the number of characters allowed.

Wow, Inga! That is the biggest formula I've ever seen! First, if you ever find yourself writing a formula that's even 1/4 of that size, you should ...

5 months ago
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RE: Fiscal year - calendar year - help and advice, please

Hi Chris, I usually write fiscal periods like this: FP2024_01 for April FP2024_02 for May and so on. Where FP stands for Fiscal Period. ...

5 months ago
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RE: Excel Python #TIMEOUT! error

Hi Sjaak, The BLOCKED and TIMEOUT errors should not be permanent. If you're still experiencing them, go to the Help tab and send feedback so Micros...

6 months ago
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RE: auto update pivot table from data in a folder

Hi Christopher, Glad my tutorial was helpful. If you wanted to get data from a different folder, you'd need a separate query for this, which you...

6 months ago
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RE: formula

Hi Sohail, The REDUCE function here isn't being used as it was intended. It is supposed to be used with a LAMBDA that accumulates to a single value...

6 months ago
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RE: Cleaning Data - removing symbols but maintining "-ve"

Hi Nick, You can use Power Query to clean this data. In the attached file (sheet 'Table1') I've loaded your data to Power Query and replaced the as...

6 months ago
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RE: Pivotby / Groupby Multiple Aggregations

Hi Ben, In my Advanced Formulas course, I teach how you can use HSTACK or VSTACK to return multiple functions. e.g.: =PIVOTBY(Table1[[#All],[Seg...

6 months ago
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7 months ago
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RE: Power Query file - one file updated periodically (then cascade to other files)

Hi Josh, The very last lesson in the course is on Custom Data Types. I think this will be of use for your Proforma Template. From what you desc...

7 months ago
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RE: Reconciling 2 Lists in Power Query

Hi Mohamed, The first rule of data is that it should be in a tabular layout, so the very first step you need to take is to unpivot Lists A and B. ...

7 months ago
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RE: Salesforce - Reports and Dashboards (Options)

Hi Darron, You can use the Power Query Salesforce Objects connector to connect directly to your database from Power Query in Excel or Power BI. ...

8 months ago
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RE: Structure to visualize data

Hi Kevin, Your file didn't upload. After selecting the file, you need to click the 'start upload' button and then wait for the grey check mark befo...

8 months ago
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RE: Dynamic offset function to reorganize data

Hi Tomas, You can use Power Query or PivotTables to pivot the data into columns for 1, 2 and 3. If you share an example file, we can show you ho...

8 months ago
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RE: Microsoft Forms

Hi Eileen, Q1 - you could possibly use Power Query to filter out the data you don't need based on the date of entry into the form. Q2 - Try form...

8 months ago
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