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November 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Yesterday we shared a video on how to compare values based on the prior row's data. This #PowerQuery recipe card outlines the steps that @excelguru.ca demonstrated. 👩‍🍳Get the full Power Query Recipe collection here: skw-t.com/pqrecipes

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Master Your Data in Excel & Power BI Pattern Difficulty: Lo Code Extract to New Column Based on Data in Next Row Recipe Preparation: Perform any possible preliminary cleanup Add [Index] column: Add Columns -> Index Column -> From 0 Add [Index.1] column: Add Columns -> Index Column -> From 1 Extract Data Into New Column: Go to Home -> Merge Queries As New -> Merge against itself Match [Index.1] (top) against [Index] (bottom) Expand the [Compare] column only, creating [Compare.1] Sort by the [Index] column (ascending) Create a Conditional Column: =if [Compare.1]= "pattern" then [Target] else null Right click the new column -> Fill -> up/down (as needed) Filter the [Compare.1] column to remove the pattern Remove the [Index], [Index.1] and [Compare.1] columns Finish cleanup (Screenshot of the Target and Compare columns in the Power Query Editor, with the Index cells highlighted to show the pattern to use in the Conditional Column formula. Below is the output query showing the newly extracted column.) Recipe 40.105 For more data patterns, check out our courses at skillwave.training
October 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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October 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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💡My habit is simple: the first step in any debugging session is clicking Refresh Preview, then checking the loaded output before deciding something is broken.
🧭Takeaway: Refresh the preview before you trust what the Query Editor is showing you.
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October 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Following up on the Monkey Shorts episode shared yesterday, here's our #PowerQuery Recipe card that outlines the steps to number your data by grouped rows. 👩‍🍳 You can get the full collection (over 95 handy recipes!) at skw-t.com/pqrecipes

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Master Your Data in Excel & Power BI Pattern Difficulty: Lo Code Number Grouped Rows Recipe Initial Preparation Sort any [Dimension] column(s) to group the data Sort the [Fact] column -> Descending Re-apply the column data types Group the Data Go to Transform -> Group -> Advanced Group by the [Dimension] column(s) Add a new column called “Data” -> All Rows Add Row Numbers Go to Add Column -> Custom Column Name: Custom Formula: =Table.AddIndexColumn([Data], "Index", 1, 1) Right click the [Custom] column -> Remove Other Columns Expand all columns from [Custom] Re-order the columns if desired (Image of a Source Table containing data first listed by Group, then category. A second Table With Numbered Rows image shows the addition with an index column where each Category within a Group is numbered sequentially by row.) DBAs know this output as using SQL’s ROW_NUMBER with PARTITION For more data patterns, check out our courses at skillwave.training
October 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Amazon Nova's second post on data preparation for supervised fine-tuning (SFT) dives into advanced strategies like data subset selection, augmentation, and mixing for optimal model training. Measure first before adding more data! #AmazonNova #SFT #DataPreparation
Preparing data for supervised fine-tuning Part 2: Advanced data strategies | Amazon Web Services
The advanced side of supervised fine-tuning data prep. This second post in a two-part series covers evaluating data readiness with learning curves, selecting high-value data subsets, augmenting data with synthetic and distilled examples, and mixing data sources to prevent catastrophic forgetting.
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September 30, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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💡Ken's habit is simple: the first step in any debugging session is clicking Refresh Preview, then checking the loaded output before deciding something is broken.
🧭Takeaway: Refresh the preview before you trust what the Query Editor is showing you.

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September 29, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Most small businesses focus on software licensing fees while ignoring the massive cost of cleaning their messy operational data.

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September 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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It is a small, sneaky bug with a big lesson: consistency in naming conventions saves hours of confused debugging down the road, especially once a tool leaves your own machine.
🧭Takeaway: The bug you can't see is usually the one your brain is auto-correcting for you.

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September 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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While #PowerQuery has a super easy way to merge columns, there is no easy-to-use UI command to merge multiple rows into a single cell. In this Monkey Shorts, you'll see how we can leverage a little bit of M code to make it happen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8X9...

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Merging Multiple Rows to a Single Cell - Monkey Shorts Episode 042
While Power Query has a super easy way to merge columns, there is no easy-to-use user-interface command which allows you to merge multiple rows into a single cell. In this week's episode of Monkey…
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September 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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It is a small, sneaky bug with a big lesson: consistency in naming conventions saves hours of confused debugging down the road, especially once a tool leaves your own machine.
🧭Takeaway: The bug you can't see is usually the one your brain is auto-correcting for you.

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August 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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August 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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In this week's episode of Monkey Shorts 🐵🩳, I look at how we can split text into columns or rows using #PowerQuery, and why you may want to do the latter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hPM...

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Splitting Records with Power Query - Monkey Shorts Episode 040
In this week's episode of Monkey Shorts, Ken looks at how we can split text into columns or rows using Power Query, and why you may want to do the latter.
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August 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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August 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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If a source file gets re-pulled or overwritten down the line, fixing it upstream can quietly lose your changes. But if that file has become the one true historical record going forward, correcting it directly is the safer long-term move.

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August 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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In this week's episode of Monkey Shorts 🐵🩳, @excelguru.ca looks at how we can split text into columns or rows using #PowerQuery, and why you may want to do the latter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hPM...

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Splitting Records with Power Query - Monkey Shorts Episode 040
In this week's episode of Monkey Shorts, Ken looks at how we can split text into columns or rows using Power Query, and why you may want to do the latter.
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August 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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August 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Prepare to change your company's reporting game forever! In the Self Service BI Academy, Ken Puls will teach you how to use Excel, Power Query, and Power BI together to build robust Self Service BI…
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August 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Discover the top 100 data preparation statistics, market trends, AI insights, growth forecasts, and industry data shaping 2026.

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Top 100 Data Preparation Statistics, Data & Trends in 2026
Discover the top 100 data preparation statistics, market trends, AI insights, growth forecasts, and industry data shaping 2026.
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August 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Discover the top 10 best data preparation software for 2026 to streamline, clean, and transform data for smarter business insights.

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Top 10 Best Data Preparation Software for 2026
Discover the top 10 best data preparation software for 2026 to streamline, clean, and transform data for smarter business insights.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Up to 80% of an #AI project’s time goes to data prep — and it’s worth it. 🧠 Clean, labeled, bias-free data turns AI from hype into real impact. Check out our practical playbook on making your data #AI-ready 👉 www.instinctools.com/blog/prepari...

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Preparing Data for AI and Machine Learning: A Production-Ready Playbook
Hands-on guidance on the key steps for AI and ML data preparation from a lead AI engineer, checklist included.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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If your #ML model won’t improve no matter how you tune it, the issue might be your data. 🔍 Catch problems early and make it #AI-ready! Our playbook shows how to build a solid data prep foundation 👉 www.instinctools.com/blog/prepari...

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November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Your data may be haunted by bias, duplicates & outliers 👻 Ignore them—and your #ML pipeline turns into a nightmare. Prep data right, and #AI results become a treat 🎃 Read our playbook 👉 www.instinctools.com/blog/prepari...

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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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What Enterprise AI Experts Say Comes Before the Breakthrough: Enterprise AI has a hype problem. Experts say the real work starts before the model.

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What Enterprise AI Experts Say Comes Before the Breakthrough
Enterprise AI has a hype problem. Experts say the real work starts before the model. Continue reading...
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May 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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5 Data Preparation Methods for Domain-Specific LLMs

Learn how to prepare high-quality data that transforms generic models into domain experts: www.dataversity.net/articles/5-d...

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February 17, 2026 at 5:42 AM