You WON'T BELIEVE These 10 HIDDEN Features in Excel Power Query 🤯

[@LeilaGharani]

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[@mohammadtawhidulislam4459]

Already started without seeing any preview. Because it’s the Leila who never frustrated me.

[@pl4195]

what are the differences between this course and the PQ begin to pro course?

[@BrandonChoy-b9j]

Hi Leila, I have seen your videos and really enjoy them. Would like to learn more as my work involves analysing multiple excel sheets and use of pivot tables. My data comes in sheets with different headers as well as columns that have combinations of number and characters within the same column. I would like to automate and analyse these columns in number format. Which course should would you recommend that I attend: (1) Power pivot & Dax( beginner to pro) or (2) Power Query ? Thanks.

[@higgs168]

@@pl4195 same question

[@robmedinaXXI]

The addition of table names to the Quick Access Toolbar is a brilliant time-saver, enhancing workflow efficiency. The tip about not typing the dot in M functions until necessary is also very practical. Moreover, the use of slicers for user-friendly table filtering is a great touch. These tips are truly valuable!

[@LeilaGharani]

Yay! Glad you like it

[@MissPickles1980]

The table names QAT is a game-changer for me!

[@duds_sn]

The "never type the dot" is mind-blowing. I use PQ every day in excel and PBI and I'm chocked that it's that simple to avoid that behavior! Thanks Leila!

[@alperkins66]

Love the "no-dots" with M code, love the zoom up/down using Control-Shift&+ - and lastly love adding table name to the Quick Access Toolbar!! Thanks LG!!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Those tips are my 2 favorites of this video, too!

[@DontCallMeScooterrr]

OMG. The zoom shortcut and the query copy & paste will make my life infinitely better. Thanks, Leila, you are the best!

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad it was helpful!

[@haydenn8210]

After extensive use of Power Query as an analyst in an SME that hasn't quite grown to needing a CRM and has disaggregated data, my 2 biggest efficiencies additional to what you've mentioned in this video have been: 1) Disabling "Enable background refresh" under query properties. When you have either many small or several large resource intense queries that you can't push further upstream (into SQL for example), this will force excel to execute the code in a single query at a time, drastically increasing refresh speed in my experience. It is also necessary to deselect this option if you want a MsgBox in VBA to appear AFTER the refresh has executed (really great feature for non savvy end users IMO). You'll also need to do this if you ever want to wrap a query refresh in a timer function in VBA to measure how long your queries take to refresh, which is great for the developer side of things. 2) Disabling M intellisense. Under Query Options > Global > Power Query Editor > Formula, there is the option to enable/disable M Intellisense. Having this enabled can be very handy when you're new to M code, but if you've been using it for a while, your projects are becoming larger and you find yourself manually editing the M code, this was an incredible timesave for me. Intellisense requires an insane amount of resources, so disabling it turned manually editing M code from borderline undoable to near instantaneous for me. Special mention: Ensure that you have fast data load enabled on BOTH individual queries AND under the Global > Data Load option. Global > Data Load will supersede individual queries, so if it's not enabled, your queries will still load slowly even if they individually have fast data load enabled.

[@LeilaGharani]

These are great tips! Many thanks for sharing.

[@KhalidKhans55]

Wow! Leila, you are so genius! All these tools and tricks are to save time and work efficiently with less errors and great accuracy making you more proficient in front of your bosses.

[@farooqaulakh5482]

Dear Ms. Your lessons are really great. I have learnt so much from these lessons. I will be connected with you for learn more.

[@kellyandrews9462]

Thanks!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks!

[@SystemsDeptKIOCL]

Tip no 5 is my favorite your tutorials are brilliant and they have helped me a lot in understanding the brilliant tools in excel. Thank you

[@pasztom84]

As always, great doze of useful knowledge. Every single tip is top. Thank you Leila

[@m.raedallulu4166]

No. 3 and No. 6 are life savers! and No. 10 is interesting one. Thank you so much.

[@Manoo_Addu_Vlogs]

Thank you Leila for sharing these PQ tips... All these tips must be helpful for PQ users' productivity..

[@jazzista1967]

Nice tricks. I knew a handful of those . on your tip # 3 ( It could be 3.1) if you type the first letters of the function for example Excel.Workbook you simpy type in EW , the function will appear. Same with Table.PromoteHeader you type TPH and the function shows in the formula Bar I use this a lot and it is a time saver. Regards

[@peterrender4716]

Thanks Leila. This is really helpful - as always. My favourite feature is the ability to copy queries directly into other models - I have been copying and pasting MCode in the advanced editor. I am trying to develop my power BI skills and wondered what you would recommend as the best approach - using Power Query and Power Pivot in Excel (and loading the files into Power BI) or importing the base or raw data from Excel, ETL in Power Query and data modelling in Power BI. Thanks again. Peter

[@jeffreydheere4737]

I liked the Slicer function. I didn't even know about Power Query a couple days ago, now I'm assigned to learn all about it and how to use it in gathering our testing results.

[@tony586ful]

Grazie.

[@mattsnow2376]

Hi Leila, thanks for this video. I took advantage pf the the video to sign for your course. I just started it and in chapter 1 (module 1) talked about addressing some challenges dealing with messy pdf's which was really helpful to me. Great courses. Clear and good examples. Thanks again.

[@freezendog7]

Hi Leila, #7 to keep an eye on things / quickly update table names. I'll start and use this quite a bit I think. Cheers. Pierre.

[@abdelazizallam]

Hi Leila I learn so much from you and I love you simple way in teaching .. I like in this video trick of refresh setting that can make me auto refresh every specific time ..thanks

[@thiagarajanneelamegam8640]

Always Awesome your teaching way. These 10 Shortcuts are very useful. Thanks Leila G

[@LeilaGharani]

You're very welcome!

[@asmrindia]

Very Nice Mam Query Shortcut, Slicer and Copy & Paste are very useful features. Thanks 😊

[@JanetLee-g6d]

Love auto refresh when open. Thank you for all your tips sharing. Very very useful.

[@marcosahertian]

Hi Leila. I learnt to use PQ from your channel, and it has changed my life. Thanks for that. 1 question, is PQ in mac have all the features that found on Windows already?

[@LeilaGharani]

Great to hear that! I'm not sure as I don't have a mac, but I do know that Microsoft is working hard to bring the features to mac.

[@piggybankaccountant]

I really love the Quick Access Toolbar addon, even "outside" of power query, you cant "ALT + 1 (or 2 or 3)" any keyboard shortcut. Its so great. Good video!

[@andreashermle2716]

Leila, you are fantastic ... always coming up with things I haven't heard of yet

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you so much!

[@Gorman-84]

You are such a sorceress. Get out of my mind. You are so in tune to what the average advanced user needs. It is amazing. I like #3 and #6 as well. I so look forward to all the videos you make. I am in the process of reengineering many of my "formula" spreadsheets. Thank you so much!🪄

[@Quijanos1]

Thank you! Like always a clear explanation with an easy to follow. Example. As per your question, I thoroughly enjoyed how you displayed the slicer and made it look super easy. Have a great day but an even better weekend.

[@TanteHela]

Another Leila "gem". My favorite is the do-not-dot (eye opener). Thank you, thank you, thank you. My personal favorite is to disable "Adjust Column width" as soon as PQ creates the table. Right mouse click in the table > Table > External Data Properties. As a result the columns-widths do not change every time the query refreshes.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@raffaelecamillo2690]

Hi Leila, your video is really helpful... I didn't know almost any of your tricks even though I've been using Power Query for a while... This convinced me to subscribe to your channel. Thanks for the great explanations, really clear!😀👋

[@enocharthur4322]

Quick access toolbar and slicer were my favorite. Awesome video Leila. Keep them coming!!!

[@ForeverMods]

Best teacher ever!! Been subbed for years. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@iankr]

Many thanks, Leila. I wish you could resize the table name field to make it longer!

[@chh8860]

I still aspire to someday soar with eagles like Leila, ... but alas, today I am only a parakeet with great ambitions ... 😥 Favorite tips #9 & #10. Thank you ... thank you ... thank you ... 😍😍😍 PS Hot coffee with a slice of pound cake and a Leila video ... a wonderful way to start my Thursday.

[@LeilaGharani]

Someone told me that ambition is the path to success. So, you're on the right track

[@pgcsec]

3, 7 and 10 - great to get to learn new ways to work with Power Query - thank you.

[@desm2467]

Adding items to the quick toolbar is a game charger for me. I have been using quick toolbar for my frequently used features in excel and word for the longest time and finding out that this is also possible in power query is amazing.

[@godfreykariuki2473]

Tip#3! woooooW🤯You have no idea what you just did for me! My life is so much easier now... this till now was the most annoying piece in power query for me. Thanks a lot! Tip8 also. Very nice...

[@LeilaGharani]

Happy to help, Godfrey!

[@ccroche]

Thanks for those tips! I already knew a few of them, but I still love them all!

[@jerrydellasala7643]

Leila, great video as always! I'm on the Insider Beta version of 365. A month or two ago an update changed how the name of the table is made adding "Table_" to the beginning of the table name I already gave the Query with the intention of using it as the Table Name. Your tip about adding it to the QAT is great to help resolve that problem! I've sent feedback asking to either stop that behavior or add it as an option and maybe even allow the prefix to be able to be customized. I will give tables a SHORT prefix sometimes like when using table data in a Query to be able to easily distinguish Tables from Query Tables by prefixing Query tables with "tbl", but that's vastly different than imposing "Table_" on EVERY Query Table! Have you seen this "feature" yet? Do you like it? Thanks as always for a great video!

[@shirleymoreman6725]

This "feature" now seems to be on general release and I agree - it's really annoying! Like you, if I want a prefix I usually add tbl rather than Table_ so I end up renaming every time. Leila's tip to add the table rename to the QAT is a great idea... but I really wish that this could be switched off!

[@HarshilPatel497]

I usually do not like and comment on videos from years just keep on watching but..... certainly one of the best video i watched ever that deserve a like and a comment...

[@LeilaGharani]

That's great to hear, thanks!

[@mjbah]

Hi Leila. As always your videos are unbelievably helpful and resourceful. Nearly all are favourites. But Tip #1, Tip #3 and Tip #6 are the most gems you have revealed on this video. But Tip #3 is the top dog. I can't count how many times I have to edit an M code (which I believe will also be applicable when creating custom columns where you use M) after pressing a tab. Thanks again.

[@tafmarasha]

Copy/Paste Query just changed my life! Thank you! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@QcFrogMan]

Excellent video as always, especially for me a long time Excel user but newly converted to PQ. The #3 tip with the dot in M function is a LIFE SAVER!!! You can’t believe how annoying and counterintuitive I found it that I had to alway go back and delete the text I had just typed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad it was helpful!

[@naorshikyar7648]

Incredible! I think that copy queries from workbooks to others is so helpful, thank u🙏

[@LeilaGharani]

You're so welcome!

[@RichardJones73]

There I was only the other day wishing for a quicker way to start a new query from the code editor so that I can paste my template code. Thanks Leila 👍👍👍

[@gmsubu]

Very good compilation of useful tricks & techniques

[@FreakAzoiyd]

I used power query and Excel to create a dynamic PV tool to calculate PV energy yield with the help of PVGIS Web API, compare individuel yield years to electricity consumption to simulate own consumption rates, optional battery simulation, dynamicly chart it, generate presentation ready tables and graphics. Features 1 to 8 PV configurations in one calculation (like for different roofs). Just with new Excel features like spill and Power Query. It's super stable and in use since 2 years. What's really cool but quite complicated is wrapping code into functions. 🥰 Love how clean PowerQuery code can be produced, while most people's UI created code is a mess that breaks on minor disturbances 😅

[@GeertDelmulle]

Some remarks: - I like that sorting columns trick and that implicit GoTo column trick as well. - Ha! I use the Table Name on the Excel QAT for the longest time, now. So, yes, great trick. - My current favorite is: the New Blank Query button on the Excel QAT (yes, exactly that). - if you first add a “(“ in your formula, you can use the dot w/o duplication issues. That’s how I do it. The intellisense is actually quite smart. I tend to wrap my argument and then write the function name, so the dot is no problem for me.

[@LeilaGharani]

Always a pleasure reading your comments, Geert! Thanks for watching.

[@shirleymoreman6725]

I like #5 to sort column headers too. I wish we could have a feature that would allow us to select the sequence in this dropdown as well.

[@jayashribordoloi305]

Thank you for sharing useful tips. My favorite tip is 8. This will make my life easy

[@biancawilkinson8757]

Table Names in the QAT literally just blew my mind. So good. Thank you!

[@GuillermoPalchik]

OMG! #3 was SO helpful! Thank you Leila! You rock!😎

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alterchannel2501]

To be honest I knew and use all of the tips and tricks shown except the one about omitting the dot. That for me is one of the most valuable things I've learned , thank you so much

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks for sharing!

[@alterchannel2501]

@@LeilaGharani thank you so much for all your contents, i've learned so much from you

[@carolinavisnadi]

Great tips!! I can't believe I didn't think about the ribbon buttons. It is great for end users. I used to have a tab with instructions how to refresh data manually.

[@chrism9037]

Thanks Leila! PQ is so amazing. I like #3 too

[@LeilaGharani]

It really is. Thanks Chris!

[@jayeshaw5705]

Amazing tips. You are a true master!

[@CassidyHood]

These are going to save me so much time! Thank you!!

[@LeilaGharani]

You're so welcome!

[@anjelarieder9924]

to be honest, I will use all of your tips! just made me a summary of all! thank you!

[@LeilaGharani]

Perfect!

[@adambalaz1604]

Hi, amazing video, thank you so much for this. May I ask you - if I have multiple sheets of similar data tables in one excel file and they all require the same cleanup and edits, what is the best way to do it? I did it with one but I cant figure out how to reapply those stepa further. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@mkparker99]

Awesome! I love the ability to add to the QAT. I didn't know I could do that.

[@markandrow4010]

Thank you Leila , one of your best tutorial.

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you think so!

[@RogerStocker]

Tip 8 I knew already and use it almost daily. for the rest I'm completely with you 3 & 6 are the most exiting ones.

[@dziadeck47]

So many good ones No.4 is a life saver when on multi-screen setup excel decides making tables xxxl is the way to go (really excel?) No 7 makes the housekeeping easier which is cool too

[@MarcosAGazovic]

These features will have a big impact on my daily work. Thanks a lot. 🤓

[@LeilaGharani]

Our pleasure!

[@earthlingt8231]

Hi Leila, I love watching your videos, and have learned a great deal from you over the time. I work in consulting. Each day, I work on several projects and each with several tasks. I have been thinking of creating an integrated excel tool that would function as a time tracker for everyday (a timesheet); a to do list for everyday and a dashboard illustrating with a nice chart the various tasks I would have worked on in a given period (for example, budgeting, scheduling, communication, strategy, etc.). This tool would allow me to filter the chart results for any given time - it could be specific, weeks, or months. This could be used to show a summary of performance / work completed in a given period of time (for example, to a supervisor as part of performance review). I was thinking the graph would utilize the data from the time tracker, which would be filled in daily and perhaps archived into a separate sheet so that I have clean tracker for everyday (same would go for the to do list). Is there a cleaner and faster way to do this? It would be nice if you could kindly make a video on this. :) Many thanks in advance.

[@Soulenergy31]

3:13 A good doctor does not come out of medical school but he/she come out from different clinics and hospitalization....... Loved this quote Leila!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the inspiration

[@rohitkarnani0506]

Hi Leila thank you for unleashing hidden features. Is the same features will work with PBI power Query?

[@Triet-n3s]

really like your 3th tips. Im still learning M so having an example for any function is awesome

[@LeilaGharani]

Great to hear!

[@moisestatis5418]

Thanks for the video. With regards to your course, if I enroll will it be available permanently o just for a period?

[@eddywijaya2204]

Thanks for the tips Leila!

[@wallandbauf2678]

For sure yuo solved my issue with having functions with name duplicated by removing the dots..It was so annoying! Thank you!

[@rpopecpa]

Hi Leila, Great video. I love tips #2, 3, 7 & 8!!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks so much!

[@roywilson9580]

Cool video, the only one that was new to me was the alt F12 to bring up the Power Query Editor, you can also use the right click key and 'G' to do the same thing.

[@davidunwin7868]

I think your tip #6 just solved one problem I've been struggling with. I have one monthly data dump file that has a sheet for each date range of payroll data, so about 6-8 sheets. All the tables are the same format, but combining them all into a single table is a multi step process, creating connections to each table and then appending. But I think with tip#6 I can do it all in just a few clicks! 🤯

[@Nazeerul_Hazard]

Wow, great session! Thanks for sharing these awesome tips. Just a quick question: Is there a way to schedule a connection refresh in Excel ? For instance, I have an Excel file connected to a tabular cube, and I'm curious if there's a method to automatically reschedule and update the file without opening the excel at all. Basically this file is pulling data via cube formulas. Can you please shed some light on this? Thanks in advance!

[@Bourouwe]

Tip #8 is my favorite; thank you for all the tips!

[@igreen4460]

Thank you. All awesome tips! 😊

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks for watching!

[@DingDongGrahamBell]

Love all Ten (10) of them! Thank YOU as always for the tips!

[@peterbriggs2771]

Hi Leila As always great presentation. May I ask should I learn Power pivots first then Power BI or in tandem. I note you have courses can they be learnt at your own speed as I am dyslexic 😎👍

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks, Peter! We're covering the basics of DAX in the BI course too. You can start with that and later dive deeper into DAX or Power Query. All our courses come with lifetime access. You can learn at your own pace. See you inside!

[@diegorestrepohincapie7762]

Hello, Leila! I've been following your channel for a while and I have to say you're an excellent teacher: I've learnt so much from your videos 😁 Though I'm new to Power Query, my favorite tips are #5, #6, #8 and #10. About tip #8, I have two questions: • Can I apply the same steps from a query to a different data source? I want to apply them to a website data that has the same structure than the original query. • And is there a way I can change that data source dinamically? Thank you very, VERY much for the knowledge you share with us!! 🤗

[@peterlewis2255]

yes - copy across, then go to the "Source" line in the RH panel, click the gear icon, and you will have the option to edit to the new source,

[@rjulianguzman5448]

I love all your videos. This is not a usual question? Could you please tell me. What program do you use to do your videos to explain so great the use of excel? Thanks in advance.

[@adnanabbasi9482]

Another helpful video, bundle of thanks!

[@leiterservices]

Thanks for the "Refresh when opening file" tip!!!

[@imatzav]

#8: You can even paste into a text editor. What is pasted is the M code.

[@shirleymoreman6725]

I do this all the time!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks for the tip

[@konstantinevseyenko9312]

I usually open two files in separate Excel instances and have to PQ editors. This allows me to copy queries between them more comfortable.

[@Utubemop]

HI, my favourite was #9, not for the tip to add a slicer but for the fact that you can use the columns feature to bring the entries into one row...something I was looking for just earlier this week and could not resolve LOL 😂Thank you!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

…But that’s not really at Power Query tip. That is more of a general Excel tip.

[@Utubemop]

@@JJ_TheGreat ..yes...but still it was my favourite part when watching.

[@meenatrainer]

Great video as always, all the tips are very informative 🙂

[@nazarenoman]

Hola. Son todos muy brillantes. Gracias.

[@michaeldavenport9268]

Awesome 3 & 9 are my favorites! love these

[@karhukivi]

Thank you Leila! I still struggle with graphing in Excel, especially the x-axis settings. I'll have to focus on that again!

[@Henrik.Vestergaard]

1 and 6, nice, thanks. Used the rest allready.

[@davidunwin7868]

Adding Slicers is something I do a lot and I always forget which Table ribbon menu it's in. I'm adding it to my QAT - great idea!

[@shielamontealegre8144]

Thanks Leila, very helpful tips. I really like Tip#6 and #10 and QAT. I tried also copying steps from one query to another query by copying the specific mcode of that step via Advance Editor 😊

[@DorothySolomona]

Love the tips. Have to practice it now. A bit fast though.

[@ahmedahmedgoma]

Thank you, the content is very helpful my favorite tip is to copy the query from file to file

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you for your feedback, Ahmed!

[@andrzejb4370]

No 8❤. Kind of easy but I haven't thought about it and certainly will be useful

[@Metzanine]

These tips are GOLD!

[@derekcapitaine8854]

#9 Slicers makes for a user-friendly table. Great tip. Thx.

[@virendrahardiya2797]

Yes I loved these all skills you shown 🙏💓💓👍

[@zengkenny5709]

🎉 Great and useful tips as always! Thank you so much. ❤

[@RichardJones73]

typing the dot caused me trigger issues so thank you Leila for curing me!