Power Query: Manipulate Your Data Like a Pro
by Frédéric le Guen
Whatever your job and the way you use Excel, one thing is common when you start an Excel workbook: you need to manipulate and manage your data source. This is where Power Query may help you.
Presentation of Power Query
Let’s be honest, the name is not friendly. If you are not a little bit curious, you will miss this amazing tool. The best to present and to understand Power Query is to know its genesis.
Genesis of Power Query
In 2012, a new “beta” project was released by the Microsoft developers. The purpose of this tool was to simplify the way to collect and manage data. Its name was brilliant: Data Explorer.
In 2013, with the release of Office 2013, Data Explorer was still under ...
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