https://www.m365.fm/entity/query-folding/Power Query optimization that pushes supported transformation steps back to the data source, such as a database, instead of evaluating them in the Power Query engine. Flat files like CSV and Excel cannot fold.enhttps://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-query-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-query-simply-explained/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeIf you clean the same spreadsheet by hand every month, Power Query can turn that ritual into a process that repeats itself. This beginner-friendly episode explains the four phases, applied steps, the M language, merge versus append and the habits that keep…https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-query-folding-in-power-bi-push-the-work-to-your-data-source/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-query-folding-in-power-bi-push-the-work-to-your-data-source/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:59:55 -0000articleWhen working with Power BI, few things are more frustrating than watching your data refresh take an eternity, or worse, watching it fail outright because it ran out…https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-plain-english-queries-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-plain-english-queries-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:57:01 -0000articleWelcome back, data enthusiasts! Today, we are diving deep into a topic that is fundamentally transforming how organizations interact with their data stacks. If you …https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-bi-query-order-of-operations-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-bi-query-order-of-operations-explained/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodePower BI is lying to you. Those neat, orderly “Applied Steps” you trust are a façade. Power Query is secretly rearranging, deferring, collapsing and sometimes ignoring the way you wrote your transform steps — which is why your filters don’t filter, your…