Data comes from all kinds of sources and Microsoft Power Query can you when you need to combine foreign data. It’s a bit easier than trying to do so in Microsoft Excel sometimes.

Excel's Power Query Editor also has the capacity to import and organize data from external sources, like a PDF, a website, or another spreadsheet. Getting into the habit of using this powerful ...

Learn how Power Query can boost your Excel skills with tips to clean, transform, and analyze data faster and more efficiently.

This guide by Excel expert Chandoo will walk you through the ins and outs of Power Query, from web scraping to connecting to local network files, making your data transformation tasks a breeze.

SEE: Explore 6 ways to save time using Flash Fill in Microsoft Excel. How to use Power Query to parse data in Microsoft Excel Power Query is available to Microsoft Excel 2010 users and later.

This month’s column shows how to clean and join data using Excel’s Power Query.

You can directly run SQL queries on a database from Excel. The traditional method was to create a Macro and write a long Visual Basic code by using ADO connection to get connected with the source.

Excel provides a handy feature called Enable Background Refresh in Power Query’s properties. This feature keeps updating imported external data continuously while you may work on other worksheets.

Use INDEX and MATCH for simple database queries in Excel The bigger your spreadsheet, the more you need these, which you can combine with SUM, AVERAGE, and MAX to refine your searches.