The problem

I spend 3 hours every week merging Excel files that change without warning

Business analysts receive weekly exports from multiple departments. When column names and structures differ each time, merging files into one report requires manual fixes. Existing automation breaks on every change, pushing deadlines and reducing time for actual analysis.

This is a workplace problem tracked in Microsoft 365 Report Builders. Below is the solution path currently available for it.

The solution path · 2 linked resources
  1. CourseMerge Changing Excel Files in Power Query Without Weekly ReworkView on Spaces
  2. BriefingThe Source File Agreement That Stops Weekly Excel Merges Breaking Join to open

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