Learn timesaving tips on using Power Query, also called Get & Transform, a data connection technology that simplifies gathering, connecting, combining, and refining data in Microsoft Excel and Power BI Desktop. Power Query is simple to use but can be especially powerful when you learn a few techniques. In this course, instructor Oz du Soleil demonstrates customizing your Excel environment, then dives into organizing your work. He offers strategies for working with queries including referencing, duplicating, and renaming queries. Finally, Oz shows how to approach tasks where Power Query works differently from Excel.

Topics include:

Customizing your environment
Disabling data type auto detect
The Power Query function library
Staying organized
Referencing queries
Testing and development
Duplicating vs. referencing a query
Renaming queries
Power Query peculiarities
Filtering and sorting