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Power Query Fundamentals

In this online Power Query Fundamentals course, we’ll explore the world of data transformation and automation. You’ll learn to extract data from multiple different sources, and transform it into layouts more suited to analysis. We will show you how to automate data connections and transformations, as well as how to extract and consolidate data from multiple files. Finally, we’ll end by looking at how to deal with common errors. Power Query is absolutely essential for any Excel focused analyst, and is a powerful asset to any Business Intelligence analyst. These skills will help you spend less time on data manipulation, and more time on your analysis projects. By the end of this course, you will be able to: ● Identify the characteristics of good and bad data using the principles of data normalization ● Extract data from CSV and Excel files and automate basic transformations such as Pivot and Unpivot ● Extract information from fields that combine two or more values ● Transform datasets by grouping or combining data from different tables, or even multiple files from the same folder ● Avoid, interpret, and fix errors and exceptions that you experience in Power Query ● Load transformed data into Excel for use as automated data feeds

Status: Automation
Status: Data Integration
BeginnerCourse6 hours

Featured reviews

MM

4.0Reviewed Sep 5, 2025

Very easy to follow and covers a wide variety of uses. Loses a star because some course material in incomplete, so you couldn't properly answer some questions.

DC

5.0Reviewed Apr 8, 2024

Excellent and well paced! Practical and interesting examples. Really the best course I've done!

CL

5.0Reviewed Mar 18, 2025

Its to the point, hands-on, bite-sized, useful real-world scenarios and techniques. Its a great course.

KL

5.0Reviewed Feb 23, 2025

This course needs a written guide after each module.

EW

5.0Reviewed Jun 9, 2024

The hands on practice was great for me, as I tend to letter better that way. Recommend for this with basis excel knowledge, and zero power query knowledge.

JC

5.0Reviewed Feb 11, 2025

Good, quick intro course that touches upon a number of different aspects of Power Query.

VS

5.0Reviewed Nov 27, 2024

Great course. Learning through practice is best way to learn.

KR

5.0Reviewed Feb 23, 2025

Very good to brush up on all available functions and also to review your skills or learn a new one.

EC

5.0Reviewed Mar 25, 2026

Excellent course for beginners who want to get really familiar with Power Query through examples and practice.

JC

5.0Reviewed Feb 23, 2026

Exceptionally well, the walk through process is very precise and the hands on exercises challenges your brain to think through.

AK

5.0Reviewed Apr 28, 2025

Great course, wonderful overview, clear instructor

SR

5.0Reviewed May 26, 2025

Course was well stuctured in small "bite size" parts. Everything was very clear and well explained. A very nice learning experience.

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