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Power BI: Must Know Tips For Column Removal, Searching, and Applied Steps

 When first starting with Power BI and diving into the Power Query editor you start to realize there are many ways to accomplish the same end goal.  For example, if you want to remove columns you can right-click on a column and remove it, hit the remove columns icon from the home ribbon, or even remove other columns.  The decision you make to remove the columns though has a consequence.  For example, if you use the remove column feature this makes it harder to modify this step in your applied steps.  If you chose the remove other columns feature or what I will showcase in my video below, the Choose Columns feature, then you can easily modify the applied step.  I believe the Choose columns step is the easiest of them all to utilize when removing columns.   Have you ever had a query with a copious amount of columns and you want to quickly go to a column without having to scroll through the whole query?  Well, I have the solution for you. In the ...

Power BI: Appending Data In Power Query Editor

 Do you need to bring data from multiple files into one table because the column structures, data types, etc. are similar?  Learn how to quickly do this in the video below.   In this video, I showcase how to bring in two different data sources that contain similar data and append/combine them into one table. This is useful to the user so you don’t have to go to the original data source and duplicate data to get what you need all in one table. Also, addressed is the scenario of what if I have different names for my columns or extra columns in one dataset compared to the other. I use some play educational data, but hopefully, you will see how to apply this to your business scenario. 👍   If you enjoy this video and are interested in formal training on Power BI, Power Apps, Azure, or other Microsoft products you can use my code "Matt20" at check out when purchasing our On-Demand Learning classes to get an extra 20% off - https://pragmaticworks.com/pricing/