Excel & Power BI Basics Data Analysis Free Course (E-DAB) - E-DAB 06: The Magic of Power Query to Import, Transform & Load Data

Download all files to follow along with video and do homework is zipped folder here: https://people.highline.edu/mgirvin/AllClasses/348/MSPTDA/Content/EDAB/DownloadFilesForEDAB06.zip To download individual files, visit class web site here: https://people.highline.edu/mgirvin/AllClasses/348/MSPTDA/Content/EDAB/EDAB.htm This video teaches about the basics of how to use Power Query to import, clean, transform and load data. This class : Data Analysis & Business Intelligence Made Easy with Excel Power Tools - Excel Data Analysis Basics = E-DAB Class – Sponsored by YouTube and taught by Mike Girvin, Highline College Instructor, Microsoft Excel MVP and founder of the excelisfun channel at YouTube. This is a free educational resource for people how want to learn about the Basics of Data Analysis and Business Intelligence using Microsoft Power Tools such as, PivotTables, Power Query, Power Pivot, Power BI Desktop and more. Topics: 1. (00:12) Introduction 2. (01:14) Power Query Icon as Magic 3. (02:19) Files to download and unzip folder 4. (03:12) What is Power Query? What does Power Query do? 5. (05:19) Example 1: Import Text File to create report and chart. Then get a new Text File next month and everything will update. 6. (07:11) A complete introduction to Power Query. 7. (12:59) Two methods to update report when you get a new Text file: 1) Edit Query, or 2) Duplicate Query. 8. (15:02) Example 2: Clean Bad Data in an Excel Sheet, Load to Excel Sheet, Build PivotTable. Then add new data and refresh the Query and the PivotTable Cache. 9. (20:42) Example 3: Import multiple Text Files from Folder and Append into single Proper Data Set. 10. (20:30) Summary The Power Query logo used in this video is copyright of and used with the express permission of https://powerquery.training Thanks to Ken Puls and Miguel Escobar for letting me use their logo!!!!