MS401
Information technology

PowerQuery and PowerPivot: leveraging your data to achieve your business goals

Process and model data to derive actionable information


All organizations have data, sometimes very large. They are valuable sources of information when you are able to leverage them. Excel's PowerQuery and Power Pivot add-ins can help you make the most of your data to make informed and objective decisions. Reading data is also the door to unexpected findings that will improve efficiency or performance. During the training you will see how to import and process data with Power Query, how to model it with Power Pivot and how to analyze it with Excel pivot tables.

Objectives

At the end of the training, the participant will be able to use data using Power Query and Power Pivot.

Is it for you ?

This course is designed for professionals who want to develop data analysis models in management and who want to get the most out of Excel using the Power Query and Power Pivot add-ins.

Prerequisite

Knowing pivot tables

Your benefits

  • Transform and clean data efficiently using Power Query (merge, calculated columns, unpivot)
  • Combine and enrich multiple data sources to build usable datasets
  • Model relational data with Power Pivot using fact and dimension tables
  • Create business metrics with DAX (measures and calculated columns)
  • Analyze data using pivot tables to generate actionable business insights
  • Content

    Power Query Editor:

    Query and data processing editor (Connect to data, Transform data and load processed data into Excel and/or Power Pivot).

    • Merge columns
    • Add custom columns (calculated), columns from examples, conditional columns (if functions), etc.
    • Sort data, Extract characters from a sequence, Shift, lowercase, etc.
    • Replace values, rounding, statistics, etc.
    • Depivot columns
    • Combine queries
    • Add queries

    Power Pivot editor:

    Modeling tool (DAX language)

    • Power Pivot Diagram View: Creating relationships (cardinalities) between data tables (dimension tables and fact tables)
    • Power Pivot data view: Modeling with the DAX language: Introduction to the DAX language (Data Analysis eXpression) ; Create calculated columns (Data View) ; Creating measures (Data View)

    Power Pivot Tables

    Notes

    This training will not cover the M language of Power Query

    💡 Useful information

    Our training sessions are offered in Montreal or Quebec City, in person or in virtual format. Dates and locations are provided when you select your session below. If you have any questions regarding registration, schedules, the language of instruction, or cancellation policies, please consult our FAQ .

    Duration
    1 day
    Schedule
    9h to 16h
    Regular fee
    $625
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    $560
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