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Have you ever wanted to turn Excel into a fun, interactive trivia game? In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to use Excel’s Power Query to pull trivia questions from an online API, randomize the answers, and display the correct answer with a reveal feature — all without using VBA. By the end, you’ll be…
How to Get Live Weather Data in Excel Using Power Query and Geography Data Types (Includes a Summary of Posts 1-3) Have you ever wanted to turn Excel into your very own weather dashboard? With a few powerful Excel features, like the Geography Data Type, the WEBSERVICE() and FILTERXML() functions, and Power Query, we can…
Using Power Query to Get AM/PM Temperatures by Day in Excel Let’s be honest—weather data inside a spreadsheet might seem like magic. With Excel’s built-in tools like Power Query and the Geography Data Type, we can pull live weather forecasts, break them down by day, and split them into AM and PM temperatures. In this…
Create a Dynamic Weather Forecast in Excel This is the second post in the Weather series. In this post, we’ll walk through how to build a dynamic weather forecast tool using Excel and Power Query. By the end, we’ll be able to simply click Refresh, and Excel will pull in the latest weather forecast based…
How to Retrieve Latitude and Longitude in Excel from City and State This is the first post in a larger 3-part weather forecasting series we’ll build together. Along the way, we’ll sharpen our skills with the WEBSERVICE and FILTERXML functions, as well as utilize Power Query in upcoming tutorials. In this initial post, we’ll take…
Wouldn’t it be great if Excel could automatically generate a list of public holidays based on a single year input? And even better, have that holiday table update all related formulas and schedules across your workbook? Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to build in this post—an automatic calendar in Excel with public holidays, dynamically…
Manually searching for currency exchange rates is a thing of the past. With Excel’s smart integrations, we can now pull real-time foreign exchange data into our workbooks using built-in features and free web APIs. Whether we are looking up current rates or building a currency converter, Excel has all the tools we need to get…
Have you ever wanted Excel to automatically return the City and State when simply entering a ZIP code? In this guide, we’ll explore three reliable methods to make that magic happen. Using Excel Copilot, Power Query, and traditional Excel functions, we’ll show how to pull accurate location data from a ZIP code using a live…
By the end of this post, you’ll be able to enter a zip code into a cell and Excel will automatically populate the city and state cells! Specifically, we’ll use Excel’s WEBSERVICE and COPILOT functions. Think of this as combining the power of AI with Excel’s brilliant data connectivity. Video Overview of the Solution This…
Imagine being able to type a zip code into a cell in Excel and have the corresponding city and state automatically fill in. No manual entry, no lookup tables … just a smart, seamless automation. In this walkthrough, we’ll explore how to tap into a free zip code API using Excel’s WEBSERVICE function, and then…