The term “regex” is an abbreviation of “regular expressions” and is a language used for pattern-matching text content. Regular expressions are starting to infiltrate Excel. In the latest release, currently in Preview, you may take further advantage of regex within the existing XLOOKUP and XMATCH functions...

Congratulations to SumProduct’s very own Kathryn Newitt who has just contributed / co-contributed her 400th Power Query / Get & Transform article.

This month sees you able to use Copilot in Excel to unlock insights from data, work on data ranges resembling tables and prompt for step-by-step instructions including formula examples. But that’s not all...

One of the most common questions we are ever asked is how to translate a number into words...

SumProduct is pleased to announce that two of our Directors, Liam Bastick and Tim Heng, have been re-awarded Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for Excel for 2024-25. Our third MVP, Steve Kraynak, did not need to bite his fingernails for this round as he was only recently awarded the honour (we think he just chewed on his toenails instead…).

Another month, another load of updates for Power BI. The latest round allows you to customise your reference layers in Azure Maps visual, DAX query view is now available in live connect and there is also an update to the Power BI enhanced report format (PBIR)...

SumProduct are running two free webinars on Wed 17 July, one at 12 noon AEST and one at 12 noon BST. Join us for an insightful session on ChatGPT.

There are two new translation functions out in Preview now, TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE. Be careful using these: their signature and results may change substantially before being broadly released, based upon feedback from those fortunate enough to be able to access them. Therefore, we strongly recommend you do not rely on these functions in important workbooks until they are Generally Available.

Checkboxes are finally released to production in Excel. These are useful for checklists (obviously!), managing tasks and visualising your data quickly. With just a few clicks, you can insert Checkboxes into any cell, making your spreadsheets more dynamic and user-friendly.

This month sees you able to prompt Copilot in Excel to work with columns and formulae in Excel for web, Windows and Mac...