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PL-300 · Question #357

You have data in a Microsoft Excel worksheet as shown in the following table. You need to use Power Query to clean and transform the dataset. The solution must meet the following requirements: - If…

The correct answer is A. Select Replace Errors. By selecting "Replace Errors" in Power Query Editor, you can specify a value (in this case, 0.05) to be used whenever an error is encountered in the specified column (discount column). This ensures that if the discount column returns an error, a discount of 0.05 will be used…

Submitted by naveen.iyer· Apr 18, 2026

Question

You have data in a Microsoft Excel worksheet as shown in the following table. You need to use Power Query to clean and transform the dataset. The solution must meet the following requirements:

  • If the discount column returns an error, a discount of 0.05 must be

used.

  • All the rows of data must be maintained.
  • Administrative effort must be minimized.

What should you do in Power Query Editor?

Exhibit

PL-300 question #357 exhibit

Options

  • ASelect Replace Errors.
  • BEdit the query in the Query Errors group.
  • CSelect Remove Errors.
  • DSelect Keep Errors.

How the community answered

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  • A
    74% (26)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    17% (6)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

By selecting "Replace Errors" in Power Query Editor, you can specify a value (in this case, 0.05) to be used whenever an error is encountered in the specified column (discount column). This ensures that if the discount column returns an error, a discount of 0.05 will be used, while maintaining all rows of data and minimizing administrative effort.

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