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Is the Mashup doing something that's worthwhile me waiting and then hitting save in Excel or can I just quit?
It sort of just runs sometimes but I don't "see" Excel doing anything.
It's likely calculating the previews of your queries and steps, so that accessing them in the Power Query Editor will be fast.
You can disable this kind of background analysis in the PQ Options menu if you like.
Ehren