Data comes from all kinds of sources and Microsoft Power Query can you when you need to combine foreign data. It’s a bit easier than trying to do so in Microsoft Excel sometimes.

Using Excel Power Query Combine Columns into Rows: Merge address data into a single column with line feed characters for better readability.

With Power Query in Excel 365, you can do just that. This powerful tool allows you to merge files from a folder into a single dataset, automatically updating as new files are added.

If you have multiple tables in separate Excel worksheets, providing they have the same column headers, you can use Power Query to stack the data into a single table.

This month’s column shows how to clean and join data using Excel’s Power Query.