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Power Query For Excel Course (one day)

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Topics covered on this course

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  • Power Query basics

    Subtopics

    1. Connecting to data
    2. Viewing a query
    3. Loading data into Excel
    4. Refreshing queries
  • Query Steps

    Subtopics

    1. Adding basic query steps
    2. Undoing query steps
    3. Viewing query history
  • Row transforms

    Subtopics

    1. Removing rows
    2. Promoting header rows
    3. Sorting and filtering rows
  • Column transfomrs

    Subtopics

    1. Changing data types
    2. Splitting columns
    3. Merging columns
    4. Extracting data
  • Calculated columns

    Subtopics

    1. Basic calculations
    2. Conditional columns
    3. Columns by example
    4. Other Power Query functions
  • Dealing with errors

    Subtopics

    1. Column profiling
    2. Replacing errors
  • Combining queries

    Subtopics

    1. Duplicating queries
    2. Appending queries
    3. Merging queries
    4. Query dependencies
  • Manipulating tables

    Subtopics

    1. Grouping and aggregating
    2. Pivoting and unpivoting
    3. Transposing data
  • Importing folders

    Subtopics

    1. The folder connector
    2. Filtering file types
    3. Editing the helper query
    4. Updating the file list

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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And some benefits specific to online training:

  • Courseware posted to you in advance
  • Separate pre-course check-up included
  • Our clever Wordsworth system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

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Using Power Query within Excel course dates

The table below lists the Using Power Query within Excel courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

We don't currently have any Power Query For Excel courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Power Query For Excel course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Power Query For Excel courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Power Query For Excel course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Power Query For Excel courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Power Query For Excel course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any online Power Query For Excel courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Power Query For Excel course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Excel training

Here are some comments we've received about our Excel training . You can see all of our 424 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"Very much enjoyed the casual nature of the course and the real life examples and activities used."

Mareks Liepa

Nexperia UK Ltd

"The trainer was very knowledgeable with genuine enthusiasm for Excel."

Abigail Stefanowicz

Southend-on-Sea City Council

"So many additional tips and tricks from our trainer, as well as the core course content. Really useful and a big eye opener to what's possible! Thank you."

Philippa Reynolds

Southend-on-Sea City Council

"Loved the really quick tips that were shared - I am already using these fast wins! The trainer was engaging and knowledgeable and really tailored the training to what the delegates needed/wanted, without missing out the already planned content."

Georgina Holmes

Southend-on-Sea City Council

"Very good, I appreciate the effort and enthusiasm. The trainer is very patient and good at his job."

Bill Kalantzi

Nexperia UK Ltd

"Great course as always! Delivered well by our trainer, keeping at our pace and adapting to meet our requirements & questions."

Aron Bourne

Ultimate Products Global Sourcing (UPGS)

About this Using Power Query within Excel course

Click on one of the tabs below to see the given information about the course.

If your job involves frequently importing data into Excel and you’re still stuck using old-fashioned copy and paste methods, this course is about to make your life much easier!  You’ll learn how to use Power Query to connect to a range of different data sources including Excel workbooks, SQL Server databases, text files and websites:

The Power Query menu in Excel

You'll learn how to extract, transform and load data using this Excel menu option.

We’ll also teach you how to use transforms in Power Query to tidy up messy data quickly and easily before it’s imported into your Excel worksheet.

Power Query editor

A sneak preview of Power Query.

If you’re fed up of manually deleting rows and columns, adding new calculated columns, merging lists and many other common tasks, this is the course for you!

Pre-requisites

In order to attend this course you must already know how to use Excel (you don't need to be a guru, but you should be comfortable entering formula).

What you'll need to bring

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

  1. A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
  2. A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed.  This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

  • For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
  • For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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What other Excel courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the Excel courses that we run:

Course name Days
Excel Introduction One day
Excel Intermediate One day
Excel Advanced 2 days
Power Query For Excel (this course) One day
Excel Business Modelling 2 days
Excel VBA macros 2 days
Advanced VBA 2 days
Fast track Excel VBA 3 days

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

You might like to consider invesigating these related courses:

Related course Days Level
Introduction to Power BI 2 days Introduction
Excel Advanced 2 days Introduction

What are your venues for your classroom Excel courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
Excel training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bishopsgate, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
Excel training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.
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