If you often work with data that starts life as a text file or CSV, Microsoft Excel now has new built-in tools that simplify how that information gets pulled into a spreadsheet. The update introduces ...

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...

SUM and VLOOKUP are only a few of the functions Google Sheets offers for using mathematical formulas. When dealing with complex calculations, Apps Script can help you create a custom one. It's a ...

The table below shows my favorite go-to R packages for data import, wrangling, visualization and analysis — plus a few miscellaneous tasks tossed in. The package names in the table are clickable if ...

Importing data from Excel to Access can be a little dicey, often resulting in missing information, incorrectly converted values, or data that’s difficult to work with. These pointers will help you ...