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User input fields in power query
I have a power query table of employees from an employees worksheet in the current workbook. First Name Last Name Address Etc. Which I feed into Power Query. I want to generate other tables in the workbook using the first and last names from the above table as a starting point, but adding user input fields. I was able to do this initially by having power query generate the first two columns, and put another table next to it with the user input fields to "fake it" and combine everything in a subsequent query. I was wondering if there was a more elegant way of creating a new Excel table (and probably a new sheet to put it on) by using the two columns from the sheet I already have, plus any additional columns I need for users to fill in. Either using standard Excel or power query, if I can stop power query from zapping the user input fields on a refresh. Note: I don't know how to have Power Query add a column without assigning it an initial value like null. That is why my user input fields are getting zapped building the entire thing in Power Query at the start.Solved35Views0likes1CommentFilter Function or TAKE-DROP Function
Dear Experts, I have a Data like this:- Column A -> Has the File Names, and Column B,C,D have their corresponding data, In Column F I have the unique File Names and from G/H/I -> I need the start of the hfn/sfn/slot and in J/K/L the end of the hfn/sfn/slot for that File Name as populated , How to achieve this? Thanks & Regards Anupam ShrivastavaSolved181Views0likes5CommentsNeed help autofilling.
Good morning all, Thought I posted this but I am not seeing it anywhere so I apologize if this is a repeat. I was tasked with filling in a spreadsheet with data including; Our part number, our description, supplier name, supplier number assigned by us, and supplier part number. I noticed that a lot of the part numbers repeat so I am trying to find a way so that when the column with our part number repeats it will auto fill the columns with the supplier name, supplier number and supplier part number automatically when I enter a repeating part number if possible. I am very much not excel savvy but I am pretty computer literate. I have attached the document I am working on, there is no customer data what so ever and all part numbers are internal so are not proprietary. https://gpcompinc-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/zachv_gpcompanies_com/IQCj4grl62sHQYohshZJ9Mb2AX7_MknXYW1QiMk8wv2sdfQ?e=duyOxLSolved61Views0likes2CommentsConditional Formatting or a Specific Filter Rule
Dear Experts , I have a data like below:- here the Column-O, txNumber can go from 1,2,3 (txNum=2 and 3 means a Retransmission), I want to filter all the pairs for all Transmissions and their corresponding Retransmissions ( either by coloring them all using a conditional formatting) or using a specific filter Rule. How to identify the Transmission and it's corresponding Retransmission for a Specific HarqId( say for dlHarqProcessIndex ==7, the blue color Row-37 is my 1st transmission(txNumber ==1) for the dlHarqProcessIndex==7 with a tbSize of 852696, and adaptRetxStatus == NOTACTIVATE, and it's corresponding 2nd transmission( Retransmission , txNumber==2) Row-45, tbSize remains same(as it's corresponding 1st transmission) in all retransmissions and adaptRetxStatus changes to "APPLY" for all retrans txNumber==2,3) and similarly for other pairs like for dlHarqProcessIndex==13. Attached is the Worksheet.Solved152Views0likes5CommentsXLOOKUP search w/multiple output
I've been working on a project and I am completely stumped. I cannot wrap my brain around how to get this to work. In the example below, I want to Enter a number in either of the top two field and have the last three fields populate. Now, I can get this to work for one, but not the other and for some reason when I switch from bottom search to the top search the old data doesn't clear and the search doesn't work. This is the formula I have so far //=XLOOKUP(H8,A2:A10606,B2:B10606) Anything I have done after has been a disasterSolved165Views0likes8CommentsEXCEL 360 COMPATABLE WITH 2010 XLSM FILES? THE MACROS IN VBA?
EXCEL 360 COMPATABLE WITH 2010 XLSM FILES? THE MACROS IN VBA? I developed a complete workbook the excel 2010 for my business and was wondering if I can use the new version of excel? Hoping that all the macros will work... Thanks for any help !! DaveSolved65Views0likes2CommentsStudent Behaviour Tracker
This is a very cheeky request for help. Now approaching 70 I've forgotten most of what I knew about Excel. I'm a Chair of Governors at an 11-16 school. I receive notifications about pupils who have been suspended (also known as fixed term exclusion). Roughly I have about 200 individual suspensions over 1 year. I want to record and analyse these. The information to record is Name: Last and First (about 30-40 students) Reason for exclusion (usually 1 or possibly 2 out of about 8 categories) Length of exclusion 1 - 15 days Flags e.g. SEND; PP, Year group: 7, 8 , 9 10, 11 Date As many of the students are repeat offenders I'd like to set the spreadsheet up so by either by typing the name or through an editable drop down list the name appears once and then the reason for the suspension and date is entered (as opposed to multiple entries appearing on the same page). I'd then like the spreadsheet to report, using an editable date range: By pupil name; the number of suspensions; total number of days and total number of days for each category of exclusion By suspension category: number of suspensions; total number of days for each category By flag: number of suspensions; total number of days for each category Year group: 7, 8 , 9 10, 11: number of suspensions; total number of days for each category I've looked at some cheap packages e.g. at Etsy but I cant see anything that does this. There are commercial packages, intended for whole school, but cost several hundred - thousand plus, pounds. Thanks in advance if you are interested and my apologies to you if you feel this is an inappropriate request. Regards NickSolved153Views2likes4CommentsExcel returns incorrect answer to simple multiplication.
I'm saving a few favourite math examples, and ran into a problem - the last of the calculations came back with an incorrect answer. I'm using a simple =cell1*cell2 formula. It should end with 21. Please help I'm using android app. All cells formatted as numbers.Solved113Views0likes2CommentsRemoving a possible user selection from a slicer
I have a column field in Excel with 4 possible values. My slicer shows all 4, as it should. Three of the possible vales are alphabetic strings. One of the possible values is a blank field indicated by (blank) on the slicer. A blank is a valid value for this field in some situations, so I don't want to just ignore the rows where this field is a blank. But I would like to eliminate it as a user selection in the slicer itself. I thought checking the slicer setting, "Hide items with no data" would do the trick, but it doesn't appear to do so. Any tips on how that setting is supposed to work and/or why it might not be? (Maybe it has to actually be a 'null'?? No idea....)Solved95Views1like2CommentsTrying to create a form field that uses images (but not a simple one!)...
I have a Word form that uses a https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/lifelines-toolkit/lifelines-icons used in the public safety community. For each icon, there are four different border colours, indicating a certain level of urgency, using the TLP model - green, yellow, red, grey. What I would like to do is create a dropdown (elsewhere on the form) where someone chooses an option in that field, and depending on the choice, the icon with the corresponding colour displays. Example: Any assistance is appreciated!Solved66Views0likes4CommentsLink 2 sheets, then sort column A on sheet 2 alphabetically and match correct data
I have two sheets on the same spreadsheet, and I want to pull in the data from 4 different columns to the second sheet and have it automatically update when there are changes or additions to the first sheet. I have a couple issues making this happen - the main one is that the data in my first sheet is custom sorted by color, but I want the new sheet to take the data from column B on sheet 1 and sort it alphabetically, and take the other columns and match them correspondingly to the correct values they match to from column B on the first sheet. Secondly, for blank cells, I want it to leave them blank instead of inputting zero, or any dates. I don't know if this is all even possible, or if I should just remove my custom filters from sheet 1 by cell color and just link it that way. I've spent hours trying to find formulas that work. Please see attached images for reference on what I've tried, and for more clarification as to exactly what I'm requesting. Sorry for the copious redacting, I wanted to be safe rather than sorry with identifiable info regarding this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Solved268Views0likes8CommentsCancelling Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA)
I'm a Microsoft CSP provider. My customer wants to cancel their subscriptions because they want to leave the Microsoft. Do I need to cancel their MCA or will it be cancelled automatically? If it is necessary to cancel the MCA, where should this be done? Thank you very much!Solved70Views0likes1CommentSearch and replace can't seem to delete \o or \t in URLs
I am trying to delete specific text that has been added to all of the URLs in a Word document. The added text follows a specific format: "random characters" \t "_blank" \o protect" Using search and replace (with wildcards) and show field codes (so I can see the URLs) hasn't been successful. This approach -- searching for "random*protect" and replacing it with [blank] -- does nothing. Trying to delete just the \t and \o entries by surrounding them with parentheses deletes all the t's and o's in the document. Any help getting rid of these additions would be greatly appreciated. pjsSolved55Views0likes2CommentsExcel auto-truncating timestamps sub milliseconds
I would like to leave feedback. It is very frustrating that when I try to look at logged data csv in excel, I cannot open it by double clicking, because Excel date-time format is so limited. It truncates sub millisecond data (don't save that file - or the data is lost!), so that any graphs start looking like stairs. And the work-around, to import the csv data and change the timestamp column format to text , and then convert it to a number, is very clunky. It forces me to other programs, like Matlab, which many people do not have. Example data: Timestamp,V-Output ,I-Output ,V-Normal ,I-Normal ,V-Emergency,I-Emergency,VGND ,IN , 2025-12-18 00:08:46.730845, Is it possible that you improve your product?Solved85Views0likes5CommentsWord - Same Line Page Breaks Visibly Change Formatting
Within the last week or so, Word suddenly has started changing the formatting of visible text when a page break is used on the same line. How can this be corrected? (To be clear, yes, a page break could moved to the next line or deleted if there is not room for the extra line, but this impacts dozens of templates I have been using for years and I just want to set the formatting back to how it has worked in the past, where a page break inserted at the end of a line with centered text did not change the formatting of the visible text in said line.) Example 1 below is how it always used to appear whether the page break was on the same line as the centered title text or not. Example 2 below is how it looks now when the page break is on the same line.Solved310Views2likes11CommentsLink doesn't work
We have recently started experiencing an issue when opening links within Excel on Azure Virtual Desktop. Our AVD environment is currently running the Version 2601, but the behaviour is very inconsistent, only a couple of users are affected, and the issue appears completely random. Interestingly, it works fine for most users both inside AVD and outside AVD. Affected users are receiving the following error message (screenshot below). So far, I have tried the following without success: Clearing the Excel cache Deleting the Excel container from the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel Is anyone else experiencing the same issue, or aware of a fix/workaround? Any help would be greatly appreciated.Solved122Views0likes4CommentsDoes Microsoft have an employee directory?
Hi everyone, Quick question for the group. My company uses Microsoft Teams every day, and people are constantly trying to find the right person internally, who owns what, who reports to who, who sits in which team/department, etc. Teams search and profile cards help a bit, but we’re really looking for a proper employee directory, specifically: A clean employee directory experience (not scattered across different places). Rich employee profiles (photo, title, department, manager, contact info, location, etc.). Strong employee search (by name, department, role, location, ideally more) Is there a native employee directory in Microsoft 365 that does this well out of the box. If not, what are people using instead, SharePoint, Viva, custom build, or a third-party directory that pulls from Entra ID / M365? Would love to hear what’s working in real life.Solved120Views1like1CommentLocked Out of Global Admin – Lost Authenticator – Case 2602060010000939 – Need Escalation
I am locked out of my Global Administrator account because my phone broke on February 5, 2026 and I no longer have access to Microsoft Authenticator. There is no alternative authentication method configured. Case ID: 2602060010000939. I contacted support on February 6 and the ticket was set as Severity C with an 8-hour response expectation. After several days, I have only received generic replies and no contact from an engineer. This account is critical for my business operations, and I have now been without access for five days. I understand it was my responsibility to maintain backup methods, but I urgently need help from Microsoft to recover access. Please contact me. Samuel LeoSolved130Views0likes1Comment
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