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About the Course

Welcome to Excel Power Tools for Data Analysis. In this four-week course, we introduce Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI, three power tools for transforming, analysing and presenting data. Excel's ease and flexibility have long made it a tool of choice for doing data analysis, but it does have some inherent limitations: for one, truly "big" data simply does not fit in a spreadsheet and for another, the process of importing and cleaning data can be a repetitive, time-consuming and error-prone. Over the last few years, Microsoft have worked on transforming the end-to-end experience for analysts, and Excel has undergone a major upgrade with the inclusion of Power Query and Power Pivot. In this course, we will learn how to use Power Query to automate the process of importing and preparing data for analysis. We will see how Power Pivot revolutionises the actual analysis process by providing us with an analytical database inside the Excel workbook, capable of storing millions of rows, and a powerful modelling language called DAX which allows us to perform advanced analytics on our data. We will finish off by venturing out of Excel and introducing Power BI, which also uses the Power Query and Power BI architecture but allows us to create stunning interactive reports and dashboards. This is the third course in our Specialization on Data Analytics and Visualization. The previous courses: Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis and Data Visualization in Excel, cover data preparation, cleaning, visualisation, and creating dashboards. To get the most out of this course we would recommend you do the previous courses or have experience with these topics. In this course we focus on Excel Power Tools, join us for this exciting journey. Please note that Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI Desktop are only available on the Windows platform, so Mac users will require Bootcamp running Windows or a Virtual machine with a Window O/S. While Power Query is available as an add-in Excel 2010 and 2013, the tools have changed significantly, and this course has only been designed and tested for Excel 2016 and later. For an optimal experience, we recommend Office 365....

Top reviews

YN

Feb 1, 2022

It was a good experience of learning on course era which helped me a lot to improve my technical skills and also I would like to learn more courses on course era in future.

MG

Oct 7, 2021

Very nice course. Learnt a lot. The instructors Nicky Bull and Dr Prashan S. M. Karunaratne were good. Helped me to develop my knowledge on excel.Thank YouMahesh Gokhale

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By Roberto T H

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Jul 27, 2025

Really comprehensive and complete course. If you know nothing about Power query and BI it is a great start.

By michael j

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Sep 13, 2022

Very informative, I have enjoyed the course, and now I'm ready to help and impress my colleagues at work!

By Mukesh G

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Oct 3, 2022

Really this course has great content and helped me a lot to think over the visulization.

A BIG thank you

By Javed A

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Mar 24, 2023

Absolutely mind blowing. Thanks Nicky Bull for providing us such a high quality course. Thanks Coursera

By Raul R V

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Nov 14, 2022

This course was amazing. Hands-on, concrete and you learn things that you can start using immediately.

By Juan M F

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Jul 24, 2022

Amazing Course!! You never imagine how can Excel help your business with its super tools and Powers!!

By Abdul S

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Jun 21, 2023

Very Excellent Course in Excel Power Platform. Also very helpful to dive into the world of Powerbi.

By امجد خ ع

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Sep 8, 2023

Highly Recommended for Begginers to understand how to connect what you learn with alot of practice.

By Diego A A G

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Jan 25, 2022

Excellent course, once you complete the prevous courses you feel completely ready to face power BI.

By ARAGON L K S

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Jun 20, 2021

It is a really good course that allows you to reach a new level in data analysis and visualization

By Hibba K

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Aug 13, 2024

I've learned a lot from this course, and it has also been beneficial for my professional career.

By Pankaj U

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Apr 25, 2023

Excellent course created, excellently explained and trainer has taught very well even in video..

By Abdul H S

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Jan 21, 2023

This course is designed wonderfully and method of learning, test etc. is very much professional.

By Deborah S

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Jul 4, 2021

Fantastic. New knowledge. Great experience what possibilities I have to report and present data.

By Phanara M

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Mar 15, 2021

Nice course. I would definitely enroll in course again if there is another advance level of this

By Deleted A

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Dec 19, 2021

Good Teacher

Excellent in Teaching

Now i learn a lot about data anaylsis with excel and power BI

By Rudy G

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Jul 2, 2025

Good introduction to Microsoft Power Platform apps like Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI.

By ELIA S

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Mar 11, 2025

Very good course, learning to master the power of these tools opens new professional horizons.

By Lukasz D

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Jan 25, 2024

Very useful course, I'm sure I will use at least some of the content during my business work!

By Abdul Q

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Apr 8, 2022

unparrallel content.great lecture and practice expercises provided.everythig was exceptional

By bwire c

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Sep 30, 2023

one of the best courses I have been lucky to learn with great teachers am really grateful

By Nguyen N

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Sep 7, 2023

It's beneficial for everybody to improve their skills in data analysis and visualization.

By ALVARO J A G

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Jan 22, 2023

Bastante práctico y muy bien explicado. Los talleres y examenes son bastante interesantes

By Michael O

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May 17, 2023

Fantastic introduction into the power of Exel Power Tools - Hands on and very focused!