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Pricing tiers, effective dates, contract terms, and rules often depend on several inputs at once. The modifications Ken made embraced that reality – and kept the model performant and readable. Strong models match on logic, not just keys.🔑

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Instead of forcing fragile formulas or stacking lookups, ranges, thresholds, and multiple attributes can collectively drive the match in a clean, scalable way.
The big “aha” for many attendees was realizing that – like recipes in the kitchen – you may need to add or substitute an ingredient or 2. 👨‍🍳

🧭Takeaway: In Power Query, being clever isn’t always efficient.
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Ken walked through why this happens and demo'd faster, cleaner alternatives – like merging a table to itself using offset index columns, or using a simple Group By when prices only increase.
The lesson wasn’t just about speed, it was about knowing what NOT to do before it bites you in production. 🚀

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Ken walked through the cost of maintaining fragile #PowerQuery solutions and why, in some cases, a controlled manual step is actually the smarter, safer choice. #DataAutomation should reduce risk, not create it.
🧭Takeaway: Expertise isn’t just about knowing HOW to automate, but knowing when NOT to.

They aren’t structured data. They’re visual layouts that shift month to month as the engine attempts to interpret them, page to page, even transaction to transaction. What works one month can quietly fail the next.
That led to an important teaching moment: not every problem deserves automation. 🚫️