When working with cloud data sources you might encounter links where spaces show up as “%20” instead for example. This is called URI escaping or encoding. In Power Query there (…) Read more
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Using System Assigned Managed Identity for API imports into Azure SQL databases
For Azure SQL Databases there is a very cool new preview feature: “sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint “. This function allows you to call certain Microsoft API endpoints directly from within your Azure database (…) Read more
Automatically plug or balance your balance sheet in Power BI
This article presents a method to automatically plug or balance your balance sheet in Power BI. You can use it if your bookkeeping system doesn’t contain the Profit and Loss (…) Read more
Reference an intermediate step from a different query in Power Query
When you reference another query in Power Query you will automatically get the results of the final step. But what if you want to reference a step that sits within (…) Read more
Payment function (PMT) for Power Query
While Excel and DAX have native functions to calculate the payment amount for a loan, Power Query lacks it still. As this is a very useful function, it’s time to (…) Read more
Future Value function (FV) for Power Query
While Excel and DAX have native functions to calculate the future value of a payment series, Power Query lacks it still. So it’s time to create our own function for (…) Read more