We come across ‘dirty’ data all the time. It’s one of the realities of working with data on a regular basis. With the rise of data democratization in the workplace, more people across the organization are exposed to the problem of dirty data and are also more likely to be involved in the cleansing process. …
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Cleansing data in SQL Server
Andy McDonald - Jan 30, 2023SQL Spreads release 6.2.15
Johannes Åkesson - Dec 22, 2022SQL Spreads 6.2.15 is now available for download. Improved Intro screens shown during first time start-up. Fixed issue when moving columns if Excels table header filters are turned off. Fixed issue with items with quotes not working in Fixed List Lookups. Fixed issue when switching server when the document has key Lookups. Fixed issue with …
How a Business Analyst can help with data conversion projects
Andy McDonald - Nov 25, 2022Businesses today are required to manage more data than ever before. Change is also occurring at a faster rate. Organizations therefore need to be agile with regard to data management and this means being able to move data around from one system to another or between parties with relative ease. In this article we’ll discuss …
Master Data Management Tools for Azure
Andy McDonald - Nov 07, 2022Maintaining a “single source of truth” is critical for all organizations. The discipline of Master Data Management (MDM) is one of the means to achieve this. In this article, we’re going to look at some Master Data Management tools for Azure. Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. What is Master Data Management? 3. Microsoft Purview: an …
Master Data Management Tools for SQL Server
Andy McDonald - Oct 21, 2022Maintaining a “single source of truth” is critical for all organizations. There are many Master Data Management (MDM) tools out there to help achieve this. In this article, we’re going to look at some Master Data Management tools for SQL Server. Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. What is Master Data Management? 3. What are …
SQL Union: How to Combine Result Sets
Andy McDonald - Sep 02, 2022This is the sixth in a series of articles aimed at introducing the basics of SQL to Excel users. This article shows how to combine data from one or more data sets using the SQL UNION operator. UNION is one of a number of ‘set operators’ in SQL that are used to join the results …
What is the equivalent of the IF THEN function in SQL?
Andy McDonald - Aug 24, 2022This is the fifth in a series of articles aimed at introducing the basics of SQL to Excel users. This article shows how to use the IF THEN function in SQL. If you’re interested in the other articles, check them out here: Introduction to SQL for Excel Users What is the equivalent to VLOOKUP in …
How to Use XMATCH: Guide and Examples
Andy McDonald - Aug 18, 2022In a previous post, we looked at XLOOKUP, which is the new and improved replacement for one of Excel’s most popular functions, VLOOKUP. In this article, we’re going to look at XMATCH, which (you’ve guessed it) is a replacement for the MATCH function. As you’ll see, XMATCH doesn’t enhance the old MATCH function particularly – …
Excel Linked Data Types: An Introduction
Andy McDonald - Aug 18, 2022There’s a cool feature in Excel for Microsoft 365 that not many people know about. Linked Data Types allow you to access data from a range of subject areas such as finance, geography, nutrition, and media directly in Excel. Do you need to include the latest exchange rates, company stock prices, or city population figures …
SQL Spreads release 6.2.8
Johannes Åkesson - Aug 09, 2022SQL Spreads 6.2.8 is now available for download. Fixed issue with bigint numbers with more than 17 digits that were truncated. Fixed issue with commas in text key columns. Fixed issue with uninstalling when both the per-machine and the per-user versions was installed. Fixed issue with the database connection setting “Remember password on local machine”. …
