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Import, Clean, Combine, and Automate Data with Power Query
Power Query Essentials brings together the complete workflow for preparing, transforming, and managing data in Excel and Power BI. Whether you work with spreadsheets, reports, or business data, this course shows you how to replace repetitive manual tasks with efficient, repeatable processes that save time and improve accuracy. You will learn how to import data from multiple sources, clean and reshape it for analysis, combine related datasets, and build reliable connections that automatically refresh as your source data changes.
You begin by importing data from Excel workbooks, CSV files, PDFs, folders, SharePoint, and web sources, then filter out unwanted records, correct errors, and standardize data types. Next, you will combine tables through appending and merging, create conditional columns, group and summarise data, and restructure wide datasets using unpivoting to produce analysis-ready tables. Finally, you will learn how to manage advanced data connections, troubleshoot broken queries, load data into the Data Model, and configure refresh options to keep reports current with minimal effort.
Throughout the course, you will use Applied Steps to track, modify, and maintain every transformation, making your queries easy to update as your data evolves. By the end, you will have a better understanding of the practical skills needed to create reliable, automated Power Query solutions that reduce manual work and deliver trusted data for reporting and decision-making.
By the end of this course, you will learn how to:
Import data from a variety of business data sources.
Clean and transform messy datasets efficiently.
Filter, reshape, and standardize data for reporting.
Combine multiple tables into a unified dataset.
Build conditional columns and summarise large datasets.
Manage Power Query connections and resolve common errors.
Load data into Excel, Power BI, and the Data Model.
Create automated, refreshable Power Query workflows.
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David Casuto is a 20-year veteran in the fields of software training, curriculum design, and training facilitation. He's designed, developed, and taught courses on Adobe presentation/graphic design applications, video editing tools, eLearning development, web design and Microsoft Office programs. He holds two master's degrees (Instructional Technologies and Organizational Psychology), is an Adobe-Certified Instructor, has taught and published classes for Lynda/LinkedIn Learning, CreativeLive, Udemy, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, SFSU, LearnIt, AcademyX and more, with a worldwide outreach of more than two million students.
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