Power Query doesn't give an equivalent function to DEC2BIN . Following formula can be used to convert a decimal number to binary Text.Combine(List.Reverse(List.Generate(()=>[x=[Decimal Number]], each [x]>0, each [x=Number.IntegerDivide([x],2)], each (Text.From(Number.Mod([x],2)))))) Where [Decimal Number] is the column which holds decimal number. Classic logic to convert decimal to binary is used. The logic is published at many…
Category: Tips and Tricks
Tips & Tricks 185 – Referring to a Row above in Structured Reference Table
You have a table below and want to refer to a cell above for Sales column (The business case is that you want to have difference in Sales for current month compared to previous month) Quick and easy way is to use OFFSET formula =OFFSET([@Sales],-1,) But in Row 2, it will bring the column heading…
Multi Column VLOOKUP Formula – Power Query – Tips & Tricks 8
In the previous post, we looked into VLOOKUP formula for exact match but where single column was involved – VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP Formula – Power Query – Tips & Tricks 7 In this, I am presenting formula which will work for any number of columns, hence it will work for 1 column, 2 columns and so on….
VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP Formula – Power Query – Tips & Tricks 7
Generally, a merge is performed and then various succeeding operations are performed to arrive at Exact Match for VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP. But all these steps can be replaced with a single formula in Power Query which is faster than merge operation. Read on….. Let's recap VLOOKUP formula for Exact Match. =VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:C,3,0) =XLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:A,Sheet2!C:C) This will look for exact…
Tips & Tricks 184 – Using FILTERXML to reverse a string of Words
Another FILTERXML hack. Suppose you have following string of words in cell A2 Moscow, London, Paris, Delhi, Washington, Miami, Detroit, Berlin You want to reverse this string of words and want following output. Berlin, Detroit, Miami, Washington, Delhi, Paris, London, Moscow FILTERXML will come to your rescue. You can use following formula for this =TEXTJOIN(",…
Tips & Tricks 183 – Using FILTERXML to extract nth word from front and back
Suppose you have following string Moscow, London, Paris, Delhi, Washington, Miami, Detroit, Berlin And you want to retrieve nth word from front. You can use following FILTERXML formula for this =FILTERXML("<t><s>"&SUBSTITUTE(A2,", ","</s><s>")&"</s></t>","//s[N]") Where N need to be replaced with the word number which you want. Hence, if you wanted 2nd word, then replace that with…
Tips & Tricks 182 – Determine Quarter for Fiscal Year
Few countries follow different quarter other than Q1 from Jan-Mar and Q2 for Apr-Jun. In case of Jan-Mar as Q1, formula is simple (if cell A2 is date) =ROUNDUP(MONTH(A2)/3,0) This will give result as 1, 2, 3 & 4 for the quarters. If you want, you can concatenate "Q" in the formula to show Q1,…
Tips & Tricks 181 – Insert Sequence / Serial Numbers in a Pivot Table
Sometimes, it is important to show sequence numbers such as 1, 2, 3…..and so on. If you use database technologies, this is known as index column. 1, 2, 3…..are also used to denote rank. Suppose you have a pivot table which is sorted in descending order for the value. For the sake of showing ranking, you…
Split a Column Dynamically – Power Query – Tips & Tricks 6
Power Query Split a Column Dynamically is a very important tool for PQ practitioners. You can use this to split your column into variable number of columns. This removes limitation of splitting a column on the basis of first time split if result columns are more than first time split columns.
Tips & Tricks 180 – Determine the date given the weeknumber
Given a year and week number, below formula finds the Sunday as the date. =MAX(DATE(F2,1,1),DATE(F2,1,1)-WEEKDAY(DATE(F2,1,1),1)+1+(G2-1)*7) Where F2 has the year and G2 has the week number. For week 1, this would always give 1-Jan as the date.