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Import multiple files from Dropbox folder into PowerBI and Excel (via PowerQuery) at once

Edit 2nd October 2021: Unfortunately this method doesn’t work any more, as Dropbox now requires proper OAuth authentication. Below you’ll find a video where you can see how easy it is to (…) Read more

  • 2017-06-25
  • Comments 33
  • Filed under: Accounting, Excel, M, Power BI, Power Query

Unpivot by number of columns and rows in PowerBI and PowerQuery in Excel

Today I’m sharing with you one of my killer M(inja)-strikes: Unpivot a table by simply passing the number of columns that shall remain (at the left side of the table) (…) Read more

  • 2017-06-19
  • Comments 10
  • Filed under: Excel, M, Power BI, Power Query

Analyse your memory consumption in PowerBI

It’s downing a bit slowly on me how awesome the direct retrieval of DMVs in PowerBI and PowerQuery actually is. Just see how easy we can build a cool view (…) Read more

  • 2017-06-07
  • Comments 14
  • Filed under: little Tipps&Tricks, M, Power BI, Power Pivot, Power Query

Pivot your table-relationships in Power BI and Power Pivot

While the relationships view of the datamodel provides a very good overview which tables are connected to each other, one cannot see at a glance on which field they are (…) Read more

  • 2017-06-05
  • Comments 3
  • Filed under: Allgemein, little Tipps&Tricks, Power BI, Power Pivot

Performance Tip: Partition your tables at crossjoins where possible – PowerQuery PowerBI

Recently I’ve distributed some techniques for partial matches or relative joins between tables using PowerQuery or the query editor in PowerBI. They are very flexible and powerful – yet slow. (…) Read more

  • 2017-05-29
  • Comments 7
  • Filed under: Excel, little Tipps&Tricks, M, Power BI, Power Query

Goal seeking and XIRR in PowerBI and PowerQuery

If you want to solve Excels XIRR-function with M in PowerBI or PowerQuery you have to use a goal seeking algorithm. I tried it with a binary-search and the results were (…) Read more

  • 2017-05-23
  • Comments 7
  • Filed under: Accounting, Excel, M, Power BI, Power Query
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