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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 frank m

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Oct 4, 2021

great!! this is a really wonderful course. I learned a lot, and it was so usefriendly

By Nitin C

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May 15, 2024

very good course and easy to understand. Macquarie university provides best courses.

By muhammad s

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Feb 26, 2022

Excellent Course for moderate level learning of data analytics. Highly recommended!

By AN L V T

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Aug 6, 2021

This course is really useful, easy to understand and practice!! Thank you very much

By Felix F

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May 20, 2022

Very good course with many useful insights, also for my professional work-life!

By Zobe M

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Dec 8, 2024

very hands-on course. Explanation very clear and step by step. I recommend it.

By Enrico L

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Jul 17, 2021

Great course, high quality content, excellent teacher, challenging exercises.

By Miriam C P

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Aug 5, 2023

Excelente con algunas diferencias entre version ingles y español del software

By RUSHI A

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Jan 27, 2022

It was such a productive course which help me to increase my analysis skills

By Nabilah M

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Jan 24, 2022

Worth the time :) I learnt so much things, which beneficial for my career :)

By Ruperto F

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Aug 11, 2024

The course was excellent: the explanation was clear and easy to understand.

By Dwight D

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Sep 19, 2025

Very good course for understanding Power Tools at the introductory level.

By seyedmorteza k

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Mar 18, 2022

fantastic course which I learned more than I expected. Thank you coursera

By Daniel C B

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Oct 18, 2021

Excellent course. I have learnt many skills that will make my job easier.

By Mustafa H

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Oct 22, 2021

Excellent Course - Must have skills for Finance Professionals . Thankyou

By Baiyang X

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Apr 13, 2023

Good Structure, hope there will be more content and practice like this.

By Masha H

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Jun 27, 2021

I enjoyed the course, there was a lot of useful information! Thank you!

By Silvia

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Aug 24, 2022

Very well structured course and very clear explanations. Thanks Nicky!

By Deleted A

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Aug 6, 2022

First-class course. Excellent instructors. Nicky Bull knows his stuff.

By Ferbian

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Aug 30, 2022

A very informative course. Complex information is greatly simplified.

By Lena W

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Aug 11, 2021

Good step-by-step introduction with clear content and good exercises.

By Dr. A N

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Jan 1, 2023

Excellent course. Great learning experience on Power -Query/Pivot/BI

By MARIA A B M

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Apr 14, 2021

Excelente el curso, muy práctico y fácil de entender. me ayudó mucho

By R R

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May 21, 2023

Great course to learn data analysis. Well-structured and explained.