Microsoft Power BI Desktop and Microsoft Power Query|System Source

This course familiarizes the participant with Microsoft Power Query, a revolutionary data tool for Excel that allows you to intuitively discover and automate the import, transformation, and combination of data across a variety of data sources for use in Excel and Microsoft Power BI. Power Query is a free add-in for Excel that enhances the self-service Business Intelligence experience in Excel. The course uses Excel 2016, however Power Query works with Excel 2010 and above.

Understand the revolutionary changes in Power Query and the ease it provides for Excel pros
Successfully navigate the Power Query interface
Understand and properly configure data types
Understand and perform importing data
Understand and perform transforming data
Understand and perform loading data
Understand and utilize ranges in Excel
Understand and handle special situations
Understand and perform appending operations
Understand and utilize working with folders and files
Understand and perform combining worksheets
Understand and utilize PivotTables
Understand working with relational data
Understand and perform importing from SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional
Understand and perform importing from SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular
Understand the issues encountered when performing merges
Understand and utilize merges
Understand and utilize loading into Excel
Understand and utilize loading into Power Pivot
Understand and utilize loading to Power BI Desktop
Understand and utilize the data sources available
Understand and utilize grouping
Understand and utilize summarizing
Understand the M interface
Understand Power Query formulas

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Introduction to Power Query
1. Lab : Introduction to Power Query
  1. Power Query Interface
  2. Understanding Data Types
Understanding The Ease That the Revolutionary Changes Afforded by Power Query Provide to the Excel Pro
Examining The Power Query Interface
Configuring Data Types
Working with CSV, TXT and Excel Worksheets
1. Importing Data
2. Transforming Data
3. Loading Data
4. Using Ranges in Excel
5. Understanding and Handling Special Situations
6. Appending Operations
7. Working with Folders and Files
8. Combining Worksheets
9. Using PivotTables
10. Lab : Working with CSV, TXT and Excel Worksheets
  1. Importing, Transforming, and Loading Data
  2. Utilizing Ranges
  3. Understanding and Handling Special Situations
  4. Appending Operations
  5. Working with Folders and Files
  6. Combining Worksheets
  7. Using PivotTables
Connecting Databases
1. Working with Relational Data
2. Importing from SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional and Tabular
3. Lab : Working with Databases
  1. Importing From SSAS Multidimensional
  2. Importing From SSAS Tabular
Performing Merges
1. Understanding the Issues
2. Performing Merges
3. Lab : Performing Merges
Loading your Data
1. Loading into Excel
2. Loading into Power Pivot
3. Loading into Power BI Desktop
4. Lab : Loading Your Data
  1. Importing, Transforming, and Loading Data into Excel and Power Pivot
  2. Introduction to Power BI Desktop
  3. Data Sources
Grouping and Summarizing with Power Query
1. Grouping Options
2. Summarizing
3. Lab : Grouping and Summarizing with Power Query
Working with the Power Query Language “M”
1. Understanding the “M” Interface
2. Examining Power Query Formulas
3. Lab : Working with the Power Query Language “M”

Required: Should be familiar with Excel and the concepts of datasets and basic reporting, including the use of PivotTables
Recommended: Excel Part 1
Recommended: Excel Part 2

Business Intelligence Professionals

Microsoft Power BI Desktop and Microsoft Power Query

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