Question 80
A user sees a column of values containing the literal word 'Error' as normal text. What should be checked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Distinguish textual 'Error' values from actual Power Query error cells. Literal strings are data, whereas error values arise from failed evaluations.
Incorrect Answers
Explicit exception handling can prevent unexpected type conversion failures. It serves “values like 'N/A' are converted to integers”, not “containing the literal word 'Error' as normal text”.
M transformation steps depend on the columns created by earlier steps. That matters for “an upstream query renamed CustomerKey” rather than the condition “containing the literal word 'Error' as normal text”.
Defensive source checks prevent brittle step failures on unusual extracts. The boundary it addresses is “occasionally returns an empty file, producing missing-column errors”, while this case concerns “containing the literal word 'Error' as normal text”.