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Power Query

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Power Query Course: Automate & Transform Your Data with Ease

Power Query is a powerful data connection and transformation tool available in Microsoft Excel and Power BI. It allows users to import, clean, combine, and reshape data from multiple sources using a visual interface.
This course will empower you to eliminate repetitive manual tasks, build reusable workflows, and automate your reporting process.

Who is this course for?

  • Excel users seeking to automate data cleaning

  • MIS professionals and report analysts

  • Data entry operators and accountants

  • Government officers managing tabular reports

  • Anyone preparing Excel reports regularly

  • Beginners wanting to level up their Excel skills

What You Will Learn:

  • Import data from multiple sources (Excel, CSV, Web, SQL)

  • Clean and reshape messy datasets automatically

  • Merge and append datasets (Joins/Unions)

  • Create dynamic reports with minimal manual effort

  • Build reusable data transformation pipelines in Excel

Detailed Course Curriculum

Module 1: Getting Started with Power Query

  • Introduction to Power Query & its benefits

  • Accessing Power Query in Excel

  • Power Query Editor interface walkthrough

  • Overview of the ETL process (Extract, Transform, Load)

Module 2: Importing Data

  • Importing from Excel, CSV, Web, PDF, and SQL Server

  • Understanding query structure & query steps

  • Refreshing data sources dynamically

Module 3: Data Cleaning Techniques

  • Removing duplicates, blanks, and errors

  • Changing data types and formatting

  • Splitting and merging columns

  • Replacing values and conditional columns

Module 4: Transforming & Shaping Data

  • Unpivoting & pivoting columns

  • Grouping and summarizing data

  • Using fill down/up to handle missing values

  • Working with nested data and structured columns

Module 5: Combining Data

  • Merge Queries (Joins – Inner, Left, Right, etc.)

  • Append Queries (Vertical concatenation)

  • Understanding relationships in combined data

Module 7: Integration with Excel and Power BI

  • Loading to Excel tables or PivotTables

  • Using Power Query with Power Pivot

  • Connecting to Power BI Desktop

Hands-on Project:

  • Hands-on Project on real data sets

  • Build an automated Excel reporting tool using Power Query by combining monthly sales reports from multiple Excel files and creating a refreshable, cleaned summary dashboard.

Prerequisites:

  • Basic Excel knowledge (copy-paste, formulas, tables)

  • No coding required

  • Suitable for beginners and intermediate users

Certification

After successful completion, receive a Certificate of Completion from DigData Academy. This enhances your credibility in Excel automation and data preparation roles.

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