Power Query Append Queries Not Working - Mismatch Columns Names & Order

Power Query can append tables from a folder effortlessly when those tables are the same (i.e., same number of columns and same column header names). But if the columns have different field names or the order of the columns are not in order, the append process will not work well. However there are methods to make it work and this video will cover one of them.

Power Query Append Worksheets in Same Workbook

If you wanted to do a search for keywords in the text of a column or multiple columns you could use the find all feature in Excel. But if this was something where you wanted to bring back the records for those columns that had the keyword and report it back to a stakeholder, you'd want something more complete. Enter Power Query; it can provide the mechanism for you to do keyword search in multiple columns and systematically bring back those rows or records and also take into account the case (i.e., case sensitive words) of the keywords.

Keyword Search in Multiple Columns with Power Query

If you wanted to do a search for keywords in the text of a column or multiple columns you could use the find all feature in Excel. But if this was something where you wanted to bring back the records for those columns that had the keyword and report it back to a stakeholder, you'd want something more complete. Enter Power Query; it can provide the mechanism for you to do keyword search in multiple columns and systematically bring back those rows or records and also take into account the case (i.e., case sensitive words) of the keywords.