Microsoft Excel: Introduction to Power Query (Get and Transform Data)
Microsoft Excel Training Series | Level 3
Course Details
Duration: 1 day (9 am – 4 pm)
Microsoft® Excel® Versions: 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | 365 (Windows)
Delivery Methods (Instructor-led): In-person (Live classroom) | Online in virtual classroom
Course Dates: May 15, 2025 (Online in virtual classroom or In-person) | View schedule 
Course Fee: $295 CAD per person + HST (Virtual classroom), $325 CAD per person + HST (Bring your own device for in-person courses) or $345 CAD per person + HST (Avantix Learning provides device for in-person courses)*
Timing: Public scheduled courses run from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time).
Virtual classroom courses: Our instructor-led virtual classroom courses are delivered in a virtual classroom environment. Students will be sent a virtual classroom invitation prior to the course.
In-person classroom courses: Our instructor-led, live classroom (in-person) courses are held in downtown Toronto at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some courses are also held at an alternate downtown Toronto location.
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Course Overview
In this course, students will learn to import, connect to, and manipulate data using Excel's amazing Power Query tool (also called Get and Transform). Power Query is part of Excel's suite of Business Intelligence (BI) tools. Students will create, name, edit and refresh different types of queries, including append and merge queries, and connect to both Excel workbooks and external data. Using the Power Query Editor, data will be transformed and columns will be added, removed, split and merged. Participants will learn to clean different types of data including text, numbers and dates. Data will be pivoted and unpivoted and will be combined in different ways. Students will also get started creating calculations in Power Query and will create a pivot table from queried data. Throughout this course, the instructor will include numerous tips, tricks and shortcuts. Key takeaways include a full course manual, Quick Reference Guide with keyboard shortcuts as well as sample and exercise files.
Please note this course is designed for students who have never used Power Query.
Prerequisite: Microsoft Excel: Intermediate / Advanced or equivalent knowledge and skills.
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INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE
- Full course manual
- Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
- Sample and exercise files
- Refreshments (for classes conducted in Avantix Learning classrooms)
- Certificate of completion
- Follow-up email support
Course topics
Getting Started with Power Query
- Overview of the capabilities of Power Query
- Using different data sources
Creating a Query
- Examining the structure of data
- Creating a query by importing or loading data from an Excel workbook
- Loading Excel tables into Power Query
Working in the Power Query Editor
- Working in the Power Query Editor
- Navigating the Power Query Ribbon
- Setting the correct data types
- Filtering columns
- Accessing Power Query options in different ways
- Performing transformations and adding steps to a query
- Navigating through Applied Steps
- Renaming steps
- Removing steps from a query
Loading or Connecting to a Query
- Loading queried data into Excel
- Creating connections only
- Changing load status
Viewing, Refreshing and Editing a Query in Excel
- Viewing a query in Excel
- Refreshing a query
- Editing a query
Working with Columns in Power Query
- Moving columns
- Removing columns
- Merging columns
- Splitting columns
Cleaning and Transforming Data
- Removing extra spaces
- Changing case
- Removing blank rows
- Removing rows with errors
- Filling empty cells with data
- Removing duplicates
- Extracting the left, right or middle characters in a column
- Transforming data using pivot or unpivot
- Working with dates
Combining Data
- Combining data from multiple tables into one table using an Append query
- Looking up data from related tables using a Merge query
Importing Data from Multiple Sources
- Importing data from different sources
- Importing and combining files from a folder (such as multiple workbooks or csv files)
Creating a Pivot Table from a Query
- Creating a pivot table from a query
- Refreshing the query and the pivot table
Getting Started Creating Calculations Using Power Query's "M" Language
- Getting started creating calculated columns in Power Query
- Understanding basic "M" language syntax
- Adding calculated columns based on dates (such as Year and Month)
- Adding custom columns with calculations
- Adding conditional columns using the IF function in Power Query
- Adding columns by example
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