5 Power Query Tricks That Will Save You Hours!

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⏱️ Tired of wasting hours in Excel? These 5 Power Query hacks will blow your mind—and save your sanity.

If you’re buried in messy spreadsheets, juggling endless exports, or stuck cleaning data manually, this video is your way out. I’m breaking down 5 next-level Power Query tricks (plus a bonus hack) that’ll help you clean, reshape, and automate your data like a pro—no coding required.

You’ll learn how to:

✅ Clean messy data using Column From Examples
✅ Build a dynamic calendar table that updates itself
✅ Use parameters to create one report instead of 10
✅ Unpivot data for better Power BI and pivot table magic
✅ Reference queries to keep your logic clean and modular
💥 BONUS: Handle missing data like a boss with Fill Down + Null filters

Whether you're in FP&A, accounting, or operations, these Power Query hacks will help you:

• Save 5–10 hours a week
• Build smarter dashboards
• Automate month-end cleanup
• Impress your boss (and maybe yourself)

👨‍💼 I'm Mike from F9 Finance—your finance automation wingman. I help modern finance teams ditch the grunt work and get back to what matters: insight, not input.

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TOC
00:00 Introduction
01:55 Self-Updating Calendar Table
05:25 Column From Examples
07:19 Dynamic Filtering With Parameters
09:44 Pivot And Unpivot
11:16 Reference Queries vs Duplicating
13:16 Manage Missing Data (Null a