Appending queries in Excel - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the formula to append the data from Sheet2 below Sheet1 using the correct function.

Excel

=[1](Sheet1!A1:C10, Sheet2!A1:C10)

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ASUM

BHSTACK

CFILTER

DVSTACK

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Common Mistakes

Using HSTACK which stacks data horizontally instead of vertically.

Using SUM which adds numbers instead of appending data.

Using FILTER which filters data but does not append.

The VSTACK function stacks ranges vertically, appending rows from the second range below the first.

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medium

Complete the formula to append data from two tables named Table1 and Table2 using Power Query's function.

Excel

=Table.[1](Table1, Table2)

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AAppend

BMerge

CJoin

DCombine

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Common Mistakes

Using Merge which combines tables side-by-side based on keys.

Using Join which is not a Power Query function.

Using Combine which is not a valid Power Query function.

The Table.Append function in Power Query appends rows from the second table below the first.

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hard

Fix the error in the formula that tries to append ranges but uses the wrong function.

Excel

= [1](A1:B5, A6:B10)

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ASUM

BHSTACK

CVSTACK

DCONCAT

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Common Mistakes

Using HSTACK which stacks data horizontally.

Using SUM which adds numbers instead of appending.

Using CONCAT which joins text strings.

The correct function to append ranges vertically is VSTACK. HSTACK stacks horizontally, SUM adds numbers, and CONCAT joins text.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a Power Query formula that appends TableA and TableB and then filters rows where the 'Status' column equals 'Active'.

Excel

let appended = Table.[1](TableA, TableB) in Table.SelectRows(appended, each [Status] [2] "Active")

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AAppend

B=

C==

DMerge

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Common Mistakes

Using Merge instead of Append for stacking tables.

Using double equals '==' which is not valid in Power Query.

Confusing the order of arguments in Table.Append.

Table.Append appends the tables. In Power Query, the equality operator is a single = to compare values.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a formula that appends two named ranges and then sorts the result by the 'Date' column in descending order.

Excel

let combined = Table.[1](Range1, Range2) in Table.Sort(combined,{{BLANK_2, BLANK_3}})

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AAppend

B"Date"

COrder.Descending

DMerge

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Common Mistakes

Using Merge instead of Append.

Using incorrect syntax for the column name in Table.Sort.

Using ascending order instead of descending.

Table.Append stacks the ranges. "Date" specifies the column to sort by. Order.Descending sorts from newest to oldest.