If you've never heard of Excel's Power Query feature, you're not alone. Here's how to get started using it and gain a huge productivity boost.

However, two powerful methods can simplify this process: Power Query and the VSTACK function. Each method has its unique advantages and is suited for different data handling scenarios.

When this is the case, you can use Power Query’s Extract and Split Column features to extract delimited strings into their components. I’m using Microsoft 365 Desktop and Power Query in ...

Power Query will open the formula bar and name the query Query1, ... As you can see, there are no syntax errors, so click Done to generate the data set shown in Figure C.