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About the Course

Welcome to Excel Power Tools for Data Analysis. In this four-week course, we introduce Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI, three power tools for transforming, analysing and presenting data. Excel's ease and flexibility have long made it a tool of choice for doing data analysis, but it does have some inherent limitations: for one, truly "big" data simply does not fit in a spreadsheet and for another, the process of importing and cleaning data can be a repetitive, time-consuming and error-prone. Over the last few years, Microsoft have worked on transforming the end-to-end experience for analysts, and Excel has undergone a major upgrade with the inclusion of Power Query and Power Pivot. In this course, we will learn how to use Power Query to automate the process of importing and preparing data for analysis. We will see how Power Pivot revolutionises the actual analysis process by providing us with an analytical database inside the Excel workbook, capable of storing millions of rows, and a powerful modelling language called DAX which allows us to perform advanced analytics on our data. We will finish off by venturing out of Excel and introducing Power BI, which also uses the Power Query and Power BI architecture but allows us to create stunning interactive reports and dashboards. This is the third course in our Specialization on Data Analytics and Visualization. The previous courses: Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis and Data Visualization in Excel, cover data preparation, cleaning, visualisation, and creating dashboards. To get the most out of this course we would recommend you do the previous courses or have experience with these topics. In this course we focus on Excel Power Tools, join us for this exciting journey. Please note that Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI Desktop are only available on the Windows platform, so Mac users will require Bootcamp running Windows or a Virtual machine with a Window O/S. While Power Query is available as an add-in Excel 2010 and 2013, the tools have changed significantly, and this course has only been designed and tested for Excel 2016 and later. For an optimal experience, we recommend Office 365....

Top reviews

LM

Jun 3, 2024

Very useful course. Learning a bit of power query sped up the amount of time it takes for me to generate reports. Also makes the process more repeatable, and less prone to errors. Great job!

QZ

Jun 2, 2023

Great explanation of every detail throughout the course. But I thought I'd let you know that there is a typo in the answer for the achieved % target in the Week 2 Practice challenge.

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By abdulhai t

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Jul 23, 2021

It was very useful. Thanks a lot for your efforts

By Dako H

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Dec 28, 2023

Very informative, well designed and challenging.

By Naleen V

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Dec 28, 2022

Excellent Course, Worth every second you invest.

By Victoria A

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Jan 4, 2022

Great course, great specialization! Very useful!

By Robert C

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Sep 6, 2021

Great Course with support materials and tuition.

By Shyam P

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Jan 22, 2025

Great transition to Power BI from excel mindset

By Habibah B J

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Nov 14, 2022

Very interactive videos. Love it and thank you!

By Marek D

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Feb 2, 2023

one of the best I have taken. very informative

By Mehreen

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Apr 8, 2023

ITS GREAT ! I GAINED ALOT SKILLS THROUGH THIS

By Jonathan S

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Jan 19, 2022

Thank you, it was a well structured course.

By Mohamed F

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Oct 29, 2022

This is very useful and infrmative course

By Maria J R P

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Mar 8, 2022

Great course and great trainer, thank you!

By SAMKIT J

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Jan 12, 2022

Excellent course, I recommend for everyone

By Yelena P

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Mar 25, 2022

Great course and great useful knowledge!

By PIMENTEL H H

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Apr 9, 2022

Excelente curso introductorioa Power BI

By CHUKWUEBUKA N

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Sep 23, 2023

Thank you for this amazing opportunity

By Kashif R

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May 12, 2023

Thank you very much respected teacher.

By Kerstin S G

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Dec 7, 2023

Useful content and clear presentation

By Sonali M

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Sep 2, 2024

good knowledge in excel and power BI

By Mel N

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Apr 21, 2021

Thanks for providing a great course.

By MARCO A M A

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Jan 16, 2024

I am very gratefull for this course

By AKSHAY R

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Aug 18, 2021

Exceptional Course :) Thanks a lot!

By Marc T

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Jul 31, 2021

I like it. New skill in my carrer

By Anupam K

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Jul 12, 2023

Nice Course, everyone should do.

By Juri B

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Oct 5, 2022

great course, highly recommend.