Microsoft Excel
Excel Power Query vs. Manually Fixing Data: A Side-by-Side Comparison
Clean one messy Excel dataset two ways — manually and with Power Query — to see exactly when each approach saves you time.
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How to Use Claude in Excel to Clean Messy Data (Step-by-Step Walkthrough)
I wanted to see how well Claude in Excel can actually clean data — not just a row or two, but a genuinely messy spreadsheet with broken dates, inconsistent states, extra spaces everywhere, dollar signs glued to text, and possible duplicates lurking in the rows. So I built a fictitious order
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How to Combine UNIQUE, CHOOSECOLS, COUNTA, and SORT in Excel
If you analyze data in Excel, the UNIQUE function is one of the quickest ways to cut through noise and see exactly what you have. I rely on UNIQUE every day, and when I pair it with SORT, COUNTA, and CHOOSECOLS, it becomes a powerful tool for cleanup and analysis.