Description

This webcast is part of the 2020 Power BI Series. Please see below for the suggested viewing order.

Before you can analyze data, you first must get the data. This webcast focuses on getting data into Excel using different data sources. Whether your data is text, comma delimited (CSV), reports, Excel, databases, web, applications and/or many others, Excel provides the ability to access that data.

You will learn about tools that have been added to Excel that will make accessing that data even easier, such as data models and Power Query (Get and Transform). After this webcast you will finally be able to get the data you need to perform data analysis.

This series is presented using Excel 2019/Office 365. Regardless of the version you are using, most concepts covered in this webcast series apply to all versions of Excel.

Explore the other webcasts in the 2020 Power BI Series:

Power BI - Introduction to MS Power BI Tools

Power BI - Analyze Your Data With Excel Pivot Tables

Power BI - Create Excel Dashboards for Maximum Impact

Power BI - Use Power Query to Transform Your Data

Power BI - Go Beyond PivotTables with Power Pivot

Power BI - Use Advanced Calculations with DAX Formulas

Power BI - Use PBI Desktop to Create Reports and Dashboards

Power BI - Share Your Data Analysis using PowerBI.com

Target Audience

Anyone who uses Excel to analyze data

Course Objectives

Differentiate between improper and proper data structure

Select the best way to import data into Excel

Identify ways to use Power Query to clean your data

Subjects

Getting data into the correct structure

Data sources that you can access

Working with multiple tables and data sources

Steps to import data for analysis

Introduction to Power Query and Get and Transform

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of Excel features and functions