excel
Microsoft Excel compatibility and migration
Excel AGGREGATE with INDEX fails in Google Sheets after import. Get the working FILTER + INDEX replacement for nth matches on criteria in columns E and F. Includes QUERY and SMALL alternatives for google sheets formulas.
Resolve intermittent Excel add-in crashes with custom functions using shared runtime during multi-workbook recalculation. Root causes, diagnostics, mitigations, and best practices for stable Excel add-ins.
Learn how to preserve up to 12 decimal digits when reading Excel with Polars to string (Utf8). Fix truncation using xlsx2csv_options, infer_schema_length=0, schema_overrides, or openpyxl engine for exact precision.
ActiveWindow.FreezePanes throws Runtime Error 1004 when a workbook is minimized. Learn causes and fixes: unminimize/activate or use Workbooks(...).Windows(1).
Step‑by‑step guide to diagnosing Power Query slowness—from filtering and Folder.Files to memory tuning, using Power BI for large file sets, and best practices.