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Thursday, 24 July 2025

Excel's yellow triangles when imports matches no exports

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  If you've ever seen a yellow triangle here the chances are it might have taken you a while to fix it. When I asked Co-Pilot it was use...
Thursday, 26 June 2025

A super easy grid for Power BI using DAX & SVG

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The grid function in PowerBI is woeful. Mine currently doesn't work and I haven't even bothered to investigate it because it's s...
Friday, 13 June 2025

Tips for data cleansing & whether to use a consultant

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I got asked a question the other day about data cleansing from a relatively small organisation, who is wondering about whether or not to use...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Replacing values in Power BI revisited

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Back in 2022 I wrote a post detailing the various ways you can replace part of a string in M code (Power Query). It's actually the post...
Monday, 14 October 2024

**Future post ideas

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1. LTV & Attrition - see folder in "Other Favourites" for this 2. Infographics on Power BI 3. Using AltQ in PowerPoint etc. fo...
Monday, 10 June 2024

Hacking PowerBI's Funnel Visual

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This is a post I wrote specifically to support my entry to the Storytelling With Data's community monthly challenge for June, which is t...
Thursday, 19 October 2023

Vlookups in Power Query (for power BI)

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If you're familiar with Excel before moving to Power Query then it's a little maddening to find that PowerQuery doesn't have a b...
Wednesday, 2 August 2023

The new Twitter / 𝕏 logo as white png

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↑ This is a temporary one and not designed to be viewed large as the lines are a bit wobbly. But I couldn't find a better one out...
Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Formula for converting US dates to UK in Excel

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If you've ever imported data from a US supplier into a (UK) spreadsheet you may have found that the dates and times have gone wrong in E...
Thursday, 8 December 2022

Sum totals for Columns redux

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Back October I showed how to run a quick sum of a column in Power Query. But I curious to know how I could see this total alongside a count...
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