As a programmer, I was often asked to produce delimited versions of reports which could easily be picked up by Excel. Whilst it is possible to clean non-delimited files in Excel, it’s a laborious and repetitive process, which is why it made more sense to pay for a programmer to automate it.

Last week, we talked about putting a message box into your VBA code. This week, we’re going to look at another useful way of giving information back: the Status Bar.

Welcome to our new Power Query blog. The built-in functionality of Power Query means that many tasks can be accomplished at the press of a button. But what if there isn’t a button for what needs to be done? Then it’s time to delve into M, the programming language behind Power Query.

’m starting to get used to these functions now, well a BIT anyway (get it?)...

This week, we’re going to look at how to set up message boxes in Excel and VBA...

Welcome to our new Power Query blog. So far I have shown that a variety of data can be extracted and loaded into queries and worksheets. Today I look at how to keep that data current by triggering automatic refreshes.

We have finally been mentioned on an issue of InTheBlack!

On the final Friday of each month, set an Excel for you to puzzle over for the weekend. On the Monday, we publish one suggested solution. No-one is stating this is the best approach, it’s just the one we selected. If you don’t like it, lump it – or contact us with your preferred solution.

On the final Friday of each month, we’re going to set Excel for you to puzzle over so that you can get your “Excel fix”. Challenge your office colleagues to see who can solve the puzzle quickest. There’s no prizes at this stage, you’re playing for bragging rights only!

Welcome to our new Power Query blog. I have already shown how to extract and transform data from CSV files, folders and Access database tables. Today, I look at a potentially huge source of data – extracting data from the web…