Installation of Power Query
1) Excel 2016 & Excel for Microsoft 365
Get & Transform (Power Query) has been integrated with Excel on the Data tab.
2) Excel 2013
Power Query is an add-in that's included with Excel, but needs to be activated. G
File > Options > Add-Ins, then in the Manage drop-down at the bottom of the p
select COM Add-Ins > Go. Check Microsoft Power Query for Excel, then OK to a
A Power Query tab will be added to the ribbon.
3) Excel 2010
Download and install the Power Query.. Once activated, a Power Query tab will
to the ribbon.
a) To check the Microsoft Excel is 32-bit or 64-bit, go to File > Help > About Microso
(left side center)
b) Go to Microsoft Office website add-in (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downlo
id=39379&CorrelationId=43c120db-d3f4-4382-), click Download
and choose the add-in accordingly, then click Next to initiate the download.
c) Close the Excel and then open and run the MSI installer.
d) Open Excel, and you may view Power Query tab is at your menu bar.
Different Data ribbon tab in Excel 2016
on the Data tab.
to be activated. Go
bottom of the pane,
cel, then OK to activate it.
er Query tab will be added
p > About Microsoft Excel
om/en-us/download/details.aspx?
he download.
u bar.
What is Power Query?
Power Query is a powerful free tool embedded to Microsoft
Power Query is also know as Get & Transform.
Power Query's commands are simple.
Power Query is useful to
1) automate boring and repetitive tasks
2) to import/get/extract data from different sources such as
a) from another workbook
b) text file (csv, txt)
c) folder
d) sharepoint
e) different database (Access)
f) web
g) email (Outlook) etc
3) transform and clean data such as
a) remove columns
b) remove rows
c) sort
d) split column
e) change case
f) append data
g) merge data
h) change data types
i) group and aggregate
4) load a data to
a) Table
f) append data
g) merge data
h) change data types
i) group and aggregate
4) load a data to
a) Table
b) PivotTable Report
c) Connection only
d) Data Model
5) create relationship that allow PivotTable to work with mu
Why use Power Query?
1) Storing up to millions rows of data
2) Powerful transformation tools
3) Update with just a click of button
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to Microsoft Excel.
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work with multiple tables.