ONLINE - Focus on Power Query and Intro to Power Pivot 7/16/2024

Length/CPE Hours

7 hours (1 day)

Class Time

8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Central Time
15-minute morning and afternoon breaks
45-minute lunch 11:30 to 12:30

Method of Delivery

This class will be held online using GoToMeeting.  Class participants will receive a PDF of the book and will be able to access the class files online.

When you register, be sure to use the email that you would like your GoToMeeting invitation sent to.  The meeting invitation will be sent no later than 1 hour prior to the class. Check your junk mail if you do not receive an invitation, especially if you have a Gmail or Hotmail account.  You do not have to have a GoToMeeting subscription to participate.  

The web browser client will download automatically when you start or join your first GoToMeeting meeting and is also available for manual download here.

https://www.gotomeeting.com/

It is a good idea to download this prior to the online meeting.

BEGIN WITH TABLES

• Create Tables
• Table Features
• Brief Look at Table Structured References

POWER QUERY aka GET AND TRANSFORM

• What is Power Query
• Types of Data Connections and Power Query Editor Window
• Review and Change Data Types
• Work with CVS files
• Data Specific Editing Tools such as Text, Numbers, and Date Tools
• Filling Data Up and Down and other features of Power Query
• Splitting and Combining Columns of Data
• Adding Conditional Columns
• Using Formulas such as IF, AND and LOOKUP
• Basic Understanding of M Functions like Text.PadStart
• UnPivoting Data
• Merging Data and working with Joins
• Appending Multiple Data Sets
• Work with websites and images
• Loading to the Data Models

Cancellation Deadline

The cancellation deadline is 5 business days prior to the class. If you are unable to attend, you may send a substitute. If you are a "no show" or you do not send a substitute you will be charged full price for the class.

Cloud Training Services will consider emergency situations such as a death in the family, illness, and weather, and will make every attempt to work with the person in the event of an emergency.