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The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M)

You're reading from   The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M) Mastering complex data transformation with Power Query

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835089729
Length 758 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introducing M FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Power Query/M 3. Accessing and Combining Data 4. Understanding Values and Expressions 5. Understanding Data Types 6. Structured Values 7. Conceptualizing M 8. Working with Nested Structures 9. Parameters and Custom Functions 10. Dealing with Dates, Times, and Durations 11. Comparers, Replacers, Combiners, and Splitters 12. Handling Errors and Debugging 13. Iteration and Recursion 14. Troublesome Data Patterns 15. Optimizing Performance 16. Enabling Extensions 17. Other Books You May Enjoy
18. Index

Working with standard data protocols

Over the years, a number of standards have been developed to facilitate efficient and seamless communication and data exchange between various platforms and systems. The standard M library provides functions for many of these data-accessing standards including:

Standard

Description

M Functions

ADO.NET

ADO.NET (ActiveX Data Objects .NET) is a data access technology in the Microsoft .NET framework that provides a set of libraries and classes for accessing and manipulating data from different data sources, such as databases, XML files, and more. ADO.NET is specifically designed for building data-driven applications and is a fundamental component in the .NET framework for working with relational databases.

AdoDotNet.DataSource...

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