Product Description
This course will show experienced Excel users and data analysts how to use Microsoft’s Power Query technology to import data from multiple sources, transform it in numerous useful ways, before outputting it to an Excel table or adding it to the data model. The course is suitable for users of Excel 2016, 2013 and 2010.
Getting Started with Power Query
What Is Power Query?, Installing And Activating Power Query, Overview Of Data Sources, Overview Of Power Query Workflows
Query Basics
Creating A Query, Understanding Power Query Steps, Automatically Generated Steps, Renaming A Query, Renaming Columns, Changing Data Types, The Close & Load Command, The Close & Load To Command, Using The Workbook Queries Pane, Creating A Query from an Excel Table, Creating A Query from A Named Range, Importing Native Excel Data, Importing from Relational Databases, Importing from .CSV And .TXT Files, Importing Tabular Data From A Web Page, Importing From XML Sources
Combining Data
Appending Queries, Rationalising Column Names, Performing Merge Operations, Performing Expand Operations
Transforming Data Columns
Transforming Column Data Types, Removing Columns, Shifting Columns Around, Merging Columns, Splitting Columns, Creating Custom Columns
Transforming Rows of Data
Sorting Rows of Data, Filtering Rows of Data, Using Text, Date and Number Filters, Filtering Out Duplicate Rows, Filtering Out Rows with Errors, Transposing Data, Unpivoting Data, Grouping Data
Handling Power Query Output
Loading Queries to an Excel Table, Working with Connection-Only Queries, Loading To The Data Model, Default Query Load Settings
Introduction to Power Query Formulas
Using The Formula Bar, Using The Advanced Editor, Overview of The M Language
