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Power Query Tips & Tricks
Rushabh Mehta | Founder & President, Matchbook Services
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About Me (@rushabhmehta)
Founder & President, Matchbook Services 20+ Years implementing Microsoft BI and Analytical solutions Principal Architect, SolidQ Community Past President, Professional Association for SQL Server Microsoft Data Platform MVP (11 years) Melissa Data MVP Dun & Bradstreet MVP
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Agenda Intro to PowerQuery Tips & Tricks Q&A
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Intro to Power Query Add-in for Microsoft Excel and part of Power BI to Query and transform data Access to a variety of sources Primary audience is end users of the data Enables self-service data discovery and modeling for reporting and analytics Captures history of transformations Point-in-time view of data being modeled Range of transformations to model, shape and transform your data Powerful M language support for advanced customization
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Demo Power Query Basics
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Tips & Tricks Rename query and steps for better visibility and code management Enable the formula bar Remove columns no longer required Consider splitting datetime columns into 2 columns (Date and Time) Query append allows you to “Union” 2 data sets Can use it to parse JSON Change datatype of Date column to Date
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Demo Power Query Tips & Tricks
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References to-Microsoft-Power-Query-for-Excel-6E92E2F E1F-BAD5-89F6269CD605 parameterized-function-in-m/
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Fun Links for Data List of Airline Codes ) English Alphabet oData Link /
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Q&A rmehta@matchbookservices.com / rmehta@sqlpass.org @rushabhmehta
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