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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 Aiman I

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Aug 20, 2021

wonderful, easy to follow and fun to follow along.

By Rajat P

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Mar 8, 2022

Excel power tools is power up , it levels up.

By Khalid B M

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Jul 26, 2022

good for basic understandig of power tools

By André F

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Mar 15, 2023

Very good content and educational process.

By Taweewut W

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Jan 28, 2023

this course is very informative and fun.

By Paul V

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May 15, 2024

Very Informative

By Divya K

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Jun 26, 2025

Good Course

By Harish K R

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Oct 31, 2022

Very Good

By ROSALES,REQUEJO,LUIS D

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Oct 8, 2022

muy bueno

By menna h

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Oct 27, 2023

excellent

By Shreyashi B

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May 19, 2025

good

By Ikpreet S

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May 27, 2022

GOOD

By 21PDS813 X J

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May 20, 2022

good

By EDDAHRI F

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Sep 22, 2025

The explanations are clear and the course is fairly comprehensive, although I found the practical component less convincing...

By drmichaelraafat g

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Dec 8, 2023

PERFECT

By Irene M S

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Feb 21, 2025

Un usuario con Mac no puede realizar el curso, deberían avisarlo antes de inscribirte.