Data Survival Skills

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Duplicate vs Reference in Power Query

Duplicate vs Reference in Power Query To duplicate or to reference, that is the question....
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Cleaning data from a PDF in Power BI

Cleaning data from a PDF in PowerBI Let's face it- sometimes the only information you...
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Using Unpivot to build data sets from Survey Results

Using Unpivot to build data sets from Survey Results  Surveys are used to capture a...
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Creating aggregated datasets

Creating aggregated datasets  Creating aggregate data sets is vital for effective data analysis and decision-making....
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Using Functions to Mask Data

Using Functions to Mask Data Exploring Different methods to mask data for privacy (because data...
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Model or Merge- and what’s the difference? 

Model or Merge- and what's the difference?  You may wonder, "When is it best to...
Data on a single topic is normalized in a separate table, which other tables reference.

Normalizing data to achieve a data design

Normalizing data to achieve a data design Normalizing data is typically the skill of a...
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Working with full outer joins

Working with full outer joins Often times we find as data workers we are trying...
A screen displaying the settings for a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, utilizing anti joins to search for data.

Using anti joins to search for data

Using anti joins to search for data We know that data sets cannot be achieved...
The goal is to join data with common data between two unrelated data sets, ensuring one list has an established key and incorporating that key into the other lists.

Joining data with common data between two unrelated data sets

Joining data with common data between two unrelated data sets Joining data is part of...