If the numbers you need to crunch come from the Web, then you’ll need an efficient way to get it into Microsoft Excel. There are several ways you can do this, and one method even allows for automatic ...

Web queries offer a handy way to import data from selected tables into a worksheet–but Excel isn’t as accommodating as it should be, especially when it comes to parameters. These tricks will let you ...

Microsoft Excel allows you to copy Web data directly from a website using a Web query. This has the effect of giving you indirect access to the underlying database. You can pull the data directly into ...

Hidden inside Excel is a tool that forecasts future patterns from your data in just a few clicks.

Power Query used to be quite limited in Excel for the web, but Microsoft has now rolled out an update that brings the full experience to certain subscribers. Microsoft, in a recent announcement, said ...

Microsoft Excel worksheets are convenient places to store limited amounts of data. Excel is a spreadsheet application, but an Excel file can also serve as a database for your website if you can ...

Have you ever found yourself tangled in a web of complex Excel formulas, trying to make sense of sprawling datasets with traditional functions like SUMIFS? Many of us have been there, struggling with ...

JavaScript isn't replacing Office macros anytime soon, but the Office Web apps (and the SharePoint-based enterprise equivalents) are improving regularly. For users that means simple but useful ...

This morning, Microsoft opened the tech preview of its long-anticipated Office Web Apps. Here’s a first look at what the online version of Excel has in store. From the online SkyDrive folders, you can ...