Make Power Query Refreshable, Not Heroic
Create a repeatable Power Query cleanup instead of manual spreadsheet edits.
Each Monday, operations receives a CSV with merged region names, extra header rows, and dates stored as text. The old process takes 35 minutes of manual cleanup and breaks when a column moves. Power Query is an ETL engine for repeatable extract, transform, and load work. In Excel analysis, its value is not only speed; it makes the cleaning recipe visible and refreshable. The common trap is to treat the first working formula or chart as the answer, even when the data grain, filters, or assumptions have not been checked. Extract Load the CSV folder through Power Query rather than…
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