Comparing Rows in Power Query Part 1
It is straightforward to compare values between each row in an Excel table and the next row.
It is straightforward to compare values between each row in an Excel table and the next row.
A common accounting task is to consolidate the financial results of subsidiary companies into combined results of a parent company. A parent company can have one or multiple subsidiaries.
How often do you think about quality checking your reports? Sounds about as fun as listening to a lecture from Ferris Bueller’s professor, right?
Not long after I started my career in FP&A, I became interested in KPI development. It’s a natural progression I think: you get the budgeting, forecasting, and reporting under control, and then you begin to dig a little deeper.
For me, whenever I am new to a concept, and I read a statement like the one above, I often say “Well that’s great, but just what does that mean?” I am a big believer in mental models or ways of visualizing the flow of execution.
Well, it looks like I’m up next to share my PowerPivot and P3 Adaptive story!
One of the most powerful features (and there are lots) that I’ve found about Power Query is the ability to hold an entire table in a single cell.
Power Query (aka “Get and Transform” in Excel, aka the “Query Editor” in Power BI Desktop) is a powerful ETL tool, more powerful than you might expect from something native to Excel (also a native part of the free software Power BI Desktop).
Hello P3 Adaptive Nation! Today’s “post” is going to be a video link. Sometimes there are certain subjects, concepts, or post ideas that just don’t translate well to the written word, and especially to screenshots.
Humans like turning a few things into many things. Investing $1 to get $10 . . . growing saplings into oaks . . . taking two rabbits and creating a fluffle.
Hello P3 Adaptive Nation! Today’s “post” is actually going to be a video link. Sometimes there are certain subjects, concepts, or post ideas that just don’t translate well to the written word, and especially to screenshots
When was the last time you had an interview with the president of the company and he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt while you were decked out in a suit?