{"id":11838,"date":"2019-05-29T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=11838"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:09:27","slug":"access-function-library-using-power-query-or-get-transform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/access-function-library-using-power-query-or-get-transform\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &#038; Transform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/access-function-library-using-power-query-or-get-transform\/#Want_to_know_how_to_access_the_M_Function_Library\" title=\"Want to know how to access the M Function Library?\">Want to know how to access the M Function Library?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Want_to_know_how_to_access_the_M_Function_Library\"><\/span><em><strong>Want to know how to access the M Function Library?<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>*** Watch our video and step by step guide below with free downloadable Excel workbook to practice ***<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KQHlK68Rcx4?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KQHlK68Rcx4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Watch on YouTube<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>and give it a thumbs up &#x1f44d;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/installing-power-query-excel-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Power Query<\/a>\u00a0or Get &amp; Transform (In Excel 2016) lets you perform a series of steps to transform your Excel data.\u00a0 The <strong>M language<\/strong> is a powerful language that has a lot of functions. Did you know that you can <b>access the function<\/b> <strong>library<\/strong>\u00a0so that you can explore each function in M?<\/p>\n<p>I will show you how to do it step by step below!<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Access-Function-Library.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0Go to<strong> <em>Data &gt; Get &amp; Transform &gt; New Query &gt; From Other Sources &gt; Blank Query<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-01.png\" alt=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"862\" height=\"983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-01.png 862w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-01-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-01-768x876.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2<\/strong>: <\/span>This will open up the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/50-things-you-can-do-with-excel-power-query\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Power Query\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Power Query<\/a> Editor.<\/p>\n<p>To access the function library type this in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/top-excel-formulas-function-examples-to-get-better-at-microsoft-excel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Formula\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Formula<\/a> Bar: <strong>=#shared<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then<strong> press enter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-02.png\" alt=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"513\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-02.png 513w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-02-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3: <\/strong><\/span>Let us try out one of the functions! Click\u00a0<em><strong>List.ReplaceValue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-03.png\" alt=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"1920\" height=\"872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-03.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-03-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-03-1024x465.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-03-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-03-1536x698.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you can see an explanation of the function, and see the actual usage. It even comes with an example of how to use it!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-04.png\" alt=\"Access Function Library Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"1920\" height=\"872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-04.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-04-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-04-1024x465.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-04-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Access-Function-Library-04-1536x698.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Access Function Library Using Power Query<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100-39.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/530x300.jpg\" alt=\"Free Excel Macros &amp; VBA Webinar Training\" width=\"530\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Want to know how to access the M Function Library? *** Watch our video and step by step guide below with free downloadable Excel workbook to practice *** \ufeff? Watch on YouTube and give it a thumbs up &#x1f44d; Power Query\u00a0or Get &amp; Transform (In Excel 2016) lets you perform a series of steps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[120,121],"tags":[595,117],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}