The task of compiling monthly sales data or billing data into Excel.Opening files one by one, copying the necessary ranges, ...

Web apps love exporting CSV files, but they don't always play nice with Excel. Leading zeros disappear, dates break, and text fields merge together. Most people waste time fixing these problems ...

Two suppliers can describe the same kinds of fields with different column names. Simply appending their files can leave ...

Did you know that data analysts spend up to 80% of their time cleaning and preparing data? If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. The good news is that tools like Power Query in Excel and ...

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, trying to clean up data that just won’t cooperate? Or maybe you’ve found yourself manually merging files, painstakingly copying and pasting ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...