Assistance Needed with Removing Extra Rows and Deleting Spaces in Power Query

itsgrady

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I am seeking your help regarding a challenge I am facing with Power Query.

I regularly import a file into Power Query as an Excel Table. Unfortunately, this file always contains two extra rows at the bottom that I need to remove. I would like to automate this process using Power Query, but I am unsure of the specific steps to take. Could you kindly guide me on how to remove these extra rows through Power Query?

Furthermore, within the Excel file, there is a column with data. However, all the empty cells in this column contain two spaces. I would like to delete these spaces in the empty cells using Power Query. I currently perform a manual process after running the Query. I believe there must be an efficient way to achieve this using Power Query.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could assist me with these challenges. Any guidance or instructions you can provide would be immensely helpful.

Thank you very much for your time and help.
 

Excel Facts

Format cells as date
Select range and press Ctrl+Shift+3 to format cells as date. (Shift 3 is the # sign which sort of looks like a small calendar).
To remove the bottom 2 rows.
Power Query:
= Table.RemoveLastN(#"Previous Step",2)

To remove the empty spaces and replace them with nulls.

Power Query:
= Table.ReplaceValue(#"Previous Step,"  ",null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column Name"})
 
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Solution
To remove the bottom 2 rows.
Power Query:
= Table.RemoveLastN(#"Previous Step",2)

To remove the empty spaces and replace them with nulls.

Power Query:
= Table.ReplaceValue(#"Previous Step,"  ",null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column Name"})

Thanks for taking time to point me in a good direction on this Query problem. I like using Query, but I’m still learning my way through it. I appreciate the help!
 
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