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Combining power query with manual data entry

I work in education and my team has a master spreadsheet with thousands of students on it. I manage a subsection of these students and want to be able to record a lot of information which is only nee...
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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi lloyda5,

     

    You could create a new table by entering data in Power Query. 

    Or create the data in another tool, such as Excel, and import it into Power Query.

    In your case, Merge Queries may be more suitable.

    Below is an example.

    Sample data:

    Now suppose you need to add a column about student grades. This is where you can merge the table about student grades with your main table, and the matching column is your student name.

    Student grades:

    Merge:

    Expand it.

     

    Merge queries overview - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

     

                                                                                                                                                             

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

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