Fix Misaligned Rows Like a PRO! - Power Query Challenge 99

Fix Misaligned Rows Like a PRO! - Power Query Challenge 99

Ever opened an Excel table and wondered why your formulas or PivotTables don’t work? Chances are, your rows are misaligned. Some cells might be blank at the start, others in the middle — small issues that create big headaches.

In this video, we tackle Challenge 99, where we take a messy table and transform it into a clean, structured, analysis-ready table. Using Power Query, we:

1️⃣ Identify rows with leading blanks that break alignment
2️⃣ Skip unnecessary nulls dynamically — no hardcoding
3️⃣ Limit columns to only the ones you actually need
4️⃣ Convert the data back into a proper table
5️⃣ Promote headers for readable, usable results

💡 What you’ll learn:
How to handle misaligned rows in Power Query
Dynamic row/column cleaning with List.Skip and List.FirstN
Why hardcoding column numbers isn’t always the best approach
Step-by-step logic behind table transformations

📊 This technique is perfect for analysts, Excel enthusiasts, and anyone tired of messy tables that ruin your formulas.

🔍 Try it yourself:
Download the example table, follow along in Power Query, and see how quickly a messy table can become analysis-ready.

💬 Discussion:
Have you ever dealt with misaligned rows in your reports? How did you fix them? Drop your solutions in the comments — let’s share approaches!

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Links:
Challenge Author: Omid Motamedisedeh
LinkedIn:   / omidmot  
Challenge Post:   / omidmot_exclude-powerabrquery-excel-activi...  
Solution: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...