In this scenario, the data comes from a SQL database, a CSV file, and a PDF file. We’ll demonstrate how to use Excel’s business intelligence tools to tackle this task efficiently.

Use Excel’s “Get Data from Folder” feature to import and combine multiple trial balance files into a single query. Clean and transform data using Power Query to prepare it for analysis.

Excel’s BYCOL() and BYROW() functions evaluate data across columns and rows, returning an array result set allowing you to bypass a lot of work.

Using the External Data Connection feature in Excel, you can acquire information from external sources, such as Access and SQL Server. The data remains stored at its original source, but the data co ...