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Noble Desktop

Power Query Bootcamp

via Noble Desktop

Overview

Learn the core features of Power Query to simplify data preparation in Excel and Power BI. Through hands-on instruction, you’ll practice cleaning, transforming, and combining data.

Syllabus

Getting Started with Power Query

  • The Data Analysis Process
  • What Is Power Query?
  • The Power Query Interface
  • Power Query Options & Settings
  • One – Extracting
  • Two – Transforming
  • Three – Loading
  • Four – Refreshing
  • Benefits of Power Query

Transpose, Pivot, and Un-Pivot

  • Transformations Overview
  • Introduction to Transforming Data
  • Removing Rows by Filtering Data
  • Removing, Renaming & Reordering Columns
  • Loading Your Transformations
  • Applied Steps
  • Saving Transformations
  • Data Type Transformations

Combining Data from Two or More Data Sets

  • Relationships
  • Appending Two Tables
  • Appending Multiple Tables
  • Query Organization
  • Appending Multiple CSVs
  • Appending Data with Different Column Headers
  • Merging Tables
  • Merging via Composite Columns
  • Inner Joins
  • Right & Left Anti Joins
  • Appending Multiple Worksheets

Duplicating and Parameters

  • Duplicate & Reference Queries
  • Remove Duplicates
  • Deleting Queries
  • Replacing Errors & Values
  • Removing Top/Bottom Rows
  • Using First Row as Headers
  • Removing Blank Rows

Steps, Groups and Dependencies

  • Transformation Steps Level 1
  • Splitting Columns
  • Merging Columns
  • Trim, Clean, and Changing Case
  • Transformation Steps Level 2
  • Filling Down
  • Sorting
  • Extracting
  • Math Calculations
  • Unpivot
  • Pivot
  • Transpose
  • Split Columns into Rows
  • Group By
  • Grouping by Dates/Times
  • Date/Duration Calculations
  • Conditional Columns
  • Columns from Examples
  • Extracting from Data Sources
  • Getting Data from Excel
  • Getting Data from CSV
  • Getting Data from PDF
  • Getting Data from Websites

Taught by

Brian McClain, Mourad Kattan, Adebayo Norman, and Garfield Stinvil

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