How to easily automate boring Excel tasks with Power Query!
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- Learn how Power Query can automate the boring and laborious tasks of getting and cleaning data, reducing time spent on these tasks down to the click of a button!
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0:00 What is Power Query
0:27 Where to find Power Query
1:14 Why should you use Power Query
3:44 Power Query example - get files from a folder
6:04 Power Query Editor - cleaning the data
13:37 Close & Load Options
14:27 Building PivotTables from Power Query data
15:37 Updating with new data with one click!
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OK so, I start a job. Show my boss how incredibly time consuming the data gathering and cleaning is. Then, when my boss has left me alone, I develop a power query, get the task done in seconds, and spend the rest of the time my boss thinks I'm working on the data watching more of your TH-cam videos. Sounds good 👍
:-) Glad Power Query will be useful to you, Xigan!
Thanks for your kind words, Xigan! I sincerely appreciate it :-)
Hmm, I’m your boss..come to my room.
This will be my plan, starting tomorrow as an intern.
Work smarter, not harder!
Sister, You killed me when you just refreshed it
Although i have been working for 12 years in MS Excel but this is a killer
Glad you'll find it useful, Muhammad!
Definitely! When she pressed refresh my jaw dropped.... what have I been wasting my time with all this time????
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub I just implemented this Power Query Rocking magic in my working,
I just received contractor's weekly report and drop it the folder, the rest is 💥 Boom
Your tutorials are my favorite to watch of anyone I've found on TH-cam! Great pacing and you make sure to explain everything clearly and concisely. Thank you so much!
Thanks for your kind words!
Всегда вас слушаю. Спасибо вам за полезную работу. Дай Бог вам всего хорошего, будьте здоровы!
Thanks so much!
Seriously. She is the best. Clear, Details, steps by steps but not boring.
Thanks so much!
The discovery of PQ in your channel has changed my job since several months! Thank you very much. I still meet many errors while building my queries. A tuto handling the common errors will be much appreciated :)
Great to hear!
Absolutely phenomenal. A significant part of my Excel knowledge is directly from you, and it's saving me far more time than I could ever have guessed when I started getting serious about it. Thank you so much Ms. Treacy!
Great to hear, Kristoffer!
Pls tell us how to do the gstr2a reconciliation
Mynda, said it once and I will say it again, YOURE THE BEST EXCEL TEACHER OUT THERE! Thank you.😀
That's so kind of you :-)
Thank you. This is really a great example how Power Query improves our worklife.
You're very welcome, Stefan!
More people should learn this. Awesome training material and great work!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for your easy to follow videos. I am an older person and I love that I can rewind the video and re-watch a section if I need to watch the instructions again. It is also great that you have the practice files available. These videos help me to stay relevant in my job!! Thanks again.
Awesome to hear!
I followed the steps and completed learning this new lesson. It is straight forward, easy to follow, and with sufficient explanation. What a marvelous video presentation for self-learning. Thank you!
Thanks for your kind words!
Your videos inspired me 2 years ago when my knowledge on power products was pretty much zero. It's rewarding to watch them now and yet i can still pick for handy tipps & elegant solutions I can steal for my queries. Keep Rockin!
So pleased to hear that, Calvin!
This video has essentially, single-handedly, improved my report efficiency nine fold. Thank you so, so much!
Wow! Awesome to hear, Roelf :-)
Absolutely brilliant from Excel!
Mynda! Thank you so much for your hard work behind this wonderful video to make it easy for all of us, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Thanks Mynda! You made me believe that I could do more with Excel! Thought I needed to be VBA expert but I am getting there gradually! My next step will be to try your short courses! You are the best!
Thanks, Nick! So pleased to hear you're excited to give Power Query a go. I'm sure you'll love it :-)
Thank you!!! I've always been intimidated by Power Query, but this is fantastic!
So pleased to hear that, Vincent! Have fun with Power Query :-)
Ma'am, I learned a lot from your videos. Thanks for explaining in such a good way
Glad to hear that, Atul!
Simply, amazing. It's incredible how much power fits in power query. You make it so easy to understand. Thank you.
Glad you liked it :-)
Thank you so much for these videos, they are so helpful to me as im just starting out in a Business Analyst role. This video in particular has cut my work by over half!! I will definitely check out your other videos.
Wow! That's awesome to hear, Cieran. All the best with your new role.
For me as a controllership analyst Power Query is a real gift from the sky. About 80% of my worktime was dedicated to getting, cleaning and merging huge sets of data. Now, it's about 20%, and the rest I can spend more effectively. Moreover, I'm able to offer new views on data to my customers. In combination with data models and your cool ideas about dashboards, it's pretty shocking them. Thank you, Mynda.
Wow, that's an amazing result, Pavol! Congratulations on your hard work.
Thank you so much, You're a life saver !!! Great job
You're welcome, Mouataz!
Wow! Justice was done. Thank you for the time and effort put into the video. I was studying your video on How to Build Power BI Reports from Start to Finish, as I followed the steps I was a bit lost in the power query aspect so I decided to quickly watch this video and I really feel confident to return to the power BI video now. Thanks again 😊
Glad it helped!
I feel like a huge veil has just been lifted. Thank you!
So pleased it was helpful!
Your tutorials are always so easy to follow and learn.
Glad you like them, Mitch!
I just can't stop my eyes, seeing ur tricky tricks with excel, you did well or i can say it is the best.
Thanks so much, Muhammad!
Wow! Very relevant to daily work, 17 minutes full of useful tricks!
Glad you think so, Iris!
THANK YOU! I shudder to think how much time I've spent doing these tasks. This is a game changer!
Glad it’ll be useful to you, Philip!
I was just thinking..... I have to find a good intro. to Power Query tutorial for a summer intern !Mynda .. You Rock!!
Awesome timing :-) Thank you!
Oh my word, I've been wasting days and days every month cleaning up data. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou :-)
So pleased to hear you'll be able to make use of Power Query, Richard!
very clear speaking and easy to understand for non-native English speakers. big fan of your tutorials.
Glad to hear that, Umit!
I love her, what a teacher she is!
Aw, thanks for your kind words 😊
“A ‘touch’ of OCD about number formatting.” Haha. Me, too, but more than a touch, I’m afraid. Good pitch on PQ. It has been a game-changer for me.
:-) cheers, Jim! Glad I'm not alone.
Dear lady, your way of teaching is simply amazing ... I really congratulate you ... I sincerely hope that Gd continues to bless you with that gift you have for teaching, for the benefit of you and all of us who want to continue learning POWER QUERY.
Greetings from Panama, Central America.
Thanks for your kind words, Arturo!
So clear with database and steps to follow!!! THANK YOU!
Glad it helped!
Very powerful. I tried it out with one of my daily routines and it made a complete chore to a quick refresh. :)
Thank you for sharing.
Wow! That’s awesome to hear 😊
I just want to say thank you, this will save my lots of work in the future :)
Pleased to hear that, Claudio!
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub What about those new data files that we will add in folder in future which may have less or more columns ? By clicking one refresh button would it work fine regardless of less/more number of columns in a new file ?
As a programmer I needed this functionality years ago. We get data sources from everywhere, CSV, Json, Mainframes. And yes we would have to spend most of our time building throwaway scripts, VBA macros, DTSX packages, SQL loaders, etc to get the data to load into spreadsheets, databases. I went back to a conversion I did a few years back that took me a 2-3 days of importing data, writing excel formulas, cleaning fields, normalizing data, converting to text for insert into sql server then running scripts to find orphans and duplicates, etc.
With the instructions and documentation I had I was able to do almost all of the tasks on a 30 minute lunch break. Yes I had the benefit of having previously known what is needed, but it takes put the complexity and number of steps. Power query does tend to choke on large sets of data, but for smaller counts under 80K it is worthwhile. It's nice to have another tool. Hopefully Microsoft won't abandon the feature in the future.
Glad you like it. Power Query isn’t going away 😊
Just curious about his comment about Power Query not performing well on large sets of data. Does that still hold true in February 2023? Or has Microsoft improved it's performance ability in this area?
I cant explain how greatful I am for your channel. I start a new position and the videos have been a life saver.
Wonderful to hear. All the best in your new role!
Idk how to thanks you!!!! This save my life!! Starting my first job as analyst. Thank you!!!
So glad I could help :-) Best of luck!
This is great. I really love your tutorials, they make my life much easier. I have a quick question, if I need to share the dashboard like in the example with my team, and they want to access the raw data, would I need to share the originals files too? Or they will need just to double click the data in the pivot table?
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge 🙂
My pleasure, Luis! You can just share the file as is and they can double click the PivotTable to drill down to the records as they are stored in the Pivot Cache which is part of the Excel file.
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub I already created the report and looks amazing. I have a quick question. In the actual report I am using information in the power query that I will need to use in other excel files. Can I create a power query to use in multiple files? I currently have Excel 2013. Thanks a lot for your support
Wow, this is an amazing feature and explained so well. I used to spend about 2-3 days a week manually manipulating and purifying data then sorting and putting it into a readable format… now after watching this, it took me a couple of hours to create a Power Query that auto sorts and produces much better data by just putting the new report in the specified location and then refreshing. 😳 just gave me back half a week a month and some great recognition from the boss for the implementation of an innovative solution. 👍😃
Awesome to hear, Clinton! Congratulations 👏
I adore the way you present things , A thousand Thanks
Thank you! 😃
There a lots of videos on Power Queries, but this flows particularly well and offers lots of time saving tips embedded in the main layer, awesome, thank you!!!!!
So pleased you enjoyed it!
I thought I was above average but this makes me feel like an absolute peasant! Haha. This is amazing, thank you so much!!
Glad you learnt something new :-)
Lmao I told during an interview that my proficiency in excel was 8 out of 10, after watching pivots, dashboard, power query, I believe i was at level 4/10.
Exactly what I felt lol
Mynda, fantastic tutorial - I'm new to PowerQuery and it is truly amazing. Just a couple of questions please:
- In the data - I find another Order Priority (Not Specified - 1672 rows?), should this data not be shown in the pivot table or did I miss something?
- Is there a way in PowerQuery to automatically sequence the Order Priority columns e.g. Low, Medium, High, Critical?
Hi Cordula, Great to hear you enjoyed my tutorial :-)
In my PivotTable there isn't any 'not specified' order priority, so I'm not sure where you're seeing this.
You can manually sort the order priority columns by left clicking and dragging the headers in the PivotTable.
If you have further questions, please post them and your sample Excel file on our forum where we can help you further: www.myonlinetraininghub.com/excel-forum
Mynda
This is great. I've been using Excel since 1995, however these are all new to me. Thank you!
Awesome to hear, Irwan!
Wow! This is a game changer. I've learned excel so much from you in about 3 days that ever in my professional experience... Thanks!!!
Wonderful to hear 🙏
Commas and no decimals for large numbers: I’m the same! Terrific presentation.
Great to hear :-)
doesn't matter for a presentation..
it matters in programming and if you need to write stuff down manually. Comma is way easier to do than a dot.
Hi Mynda - does this include any tips to schedule power queries to run at specific times or intervals?
Hi JW, no, not this video, sorry.
You are literally the best source for Excel related information.
Wow, thanks!
The single best power query video ever. So simple. So valuable. Thanks!! I even feel bad how we don't need any programming...
Thanks so much, Guilherme! Don't feel bad :-)
This is great stuff! Question: If I want to create multiple pivot tables / charts from the same data (to create a dashboard in excel), would I just create a connection (as opposed to going directly from PQ to the pivot table as you did)? Thanks! I really enjoy your videos and teaching style!
You need to load to a PivotTable to load the data to the Pivot cache. Then you can copy the first PivotTable and modify as required. Alternatively, if you load it to the data model you just load as connection only and 'add to data model'.
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub I see! Thanks!
I don't know if you have it already, but a video on how to deal with source files having changed column order or names, or even new or deleted columns would be cool. As it is now, I keep having to manually rebuild (as I load them as tables, to then run custom columns against)
Unfortunately, it's not that straight forward because the subsequent transformations will be referring to these columns, so how you handle those is where it gets messy and really needs to be dealt with on a case by case basis, rather than one solution fits all.
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub So I have to change the coding each time to adapt it you mean? Hopefully Excel gets smarter in the future to cover for this then.
What a revelation! This will save me hours when creating reports. Thank you 😃
Wow! Awesome to hear, Stephen :-)
This is amazing!! Thank you for the wonderful work you are doing.
My pleasure 😊
Thank you Mynda and team for this awesome video!
Glad you enjoyed it, Cherian!
Wow, that was beautiful! What a great job showing the power and usefulness of this tool. I have been using it with Power BI for a few years now and learned some nice tricks today from your training. Great job and a big thumbs up!
Great to hear! 🙏😊
Absolutely incredible! Thank you,
Thanks so much, Brandon! Enjoy Power Query and please tell your friends about it :-)
Amazing content! I have only recently found your channel, but I'm hoooked. I learned more in a few days, then in the past ten years working with Excel. Thank you!
Great to hear, Klara!
Mynda, again, your explanation is brilliant. Exactly what I need.
Great to hear 😊
Mynda, you are simply amazing (and so is Excel!)
Thanks so much, Brent! Glad you liked the video :-) Have fun with Power Query.
Can not believe I was missing this for the past decade. Thanks for the video, I feel I ll have a new friend now.
Glad you liked it, Mahmoud!
II have been doing monthly reports completely manually for more than a year, this will save me many hours. thank you very much!
Wow! That’s great to hear 😊
I love Power Query, awesome summary! Love the videos!
Thanks so much 😊
Hi Mynda. This looks great. Looking forward to it! Thumbs up!!
Hope you like it!
The detail with M language (after multiplication) helped me a lot! Thanks from Brazil!
Great to hear!
Thanks for your crisp video. Its so simple to understand. Your tutorials are amazing.
Glad you think so!
Thank you! This will help me a lot on managing and working on large datasets. Much appreciated.
Great to hear!
OMG how come I never realize there was such a free powerful tool in Excel ? Thank you so much ! You're a life savior. I'm definitely subscribing to your channel
So pleased you're excited to give Power Query a try.
Very clear, useful, and to the point. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This blows My mind and will change my entire structure.
I just don't know how to thank you for this vídeo 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌.
Regards from Chile, SA.
Wow, that's awesome to hear, Carlos!
Simply amazing ma'am. I have a lot to learn from you. You make spending time on TH-cam worthwhile !
It's my pleasure, Krishna!
Subscribed! So happy I found your channel. So far I've found a treasure chest of valuable content. Thanks!
Thanks and welcome, Carlos!
One of the best Excel tutorials i have ever seen! I'm a fan! Thanks a lot!
Wow, thanks!
Wow! I got new learnings here. Before I used to clean and merge multiples files manually but because of this video Power Query is the tool to use. Thanks and more tutorials.
Fantastic to hear, Alex!
Power Query is such a beautiful tool. Thank you for this lesson
You're very welcome!
This video saved me weeks of work! Thank you so much for this!
Wow, that's wonderful to hear!
It’s just WOW! Amazing work! Thank you!
Glad you like it, Katy!
Awesome thank you i have been following up with all the tutorials you have shared, really people are paying huge sum for this you are really a great person for those who can't afford at present 🙂
Glad to help :-)
Power query is awesome, good work. Thank you Mynda!👍
Thanks, Luciano! Glad you agree :-)
Excellent overview of a powerful tool. Very impressed.
Glad you liked it, Brian!
Hi Mynda, thank you for your tutorials, you are amazing, I like the way that you explain. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you so so much for shining our minds and rich us our thirsty interest with your knowledges using Microsoft Office Excel. Thank you so much for your help and God bless you.
Thanks for your kind words, George! So pleased you enjoy my tutorials 😊
Your tutorials are always so easy to follow and learn.. Wow! Very relevant to daily work, 17 minutes full of useful tricks!.
Glad you like them!
My job involves developing financial models in excel and i can tell you i am learning new things from you every time!
So pleased to hear that!
Best training about PQ ever
So pleased you liked it :-)
You're the best, my english is not good but I'm able to follow you easely. I have been able automate many area of my work by watching your tutorials. Many thank, God bless you!
Wow, that's wonderful to hear, Issaka!
Thanks Mynda! I've just started to get familiarized with power query. This was really usefull. Cheers
Glad it was helpful!
It is the first time i have subscribed a channel even before starting or watching the video and it paid in return a meaningful insight after watching the video. Good work
Wow! That's wonderful to hear 🙏😊
It's an amazing video. The steps mentioned would really help me a lot at work.
Glad to hear that, Rohit!
Power query help me saved 40% of the time, and watching your video, all those short cut and correct use of functions, probably help me save another 40%, thanks very much for the sharing!
Wow, so pleased to hear that, Bili!
She knows too much 🤯 🙌 ✨ What an amazing woman, love her shirt.
Aw, thanks so much, Steven :-)
wow, in less than 20 minutes you made my work life so much easier, AWESOME!
Fantastic to hear, Alex!
I didnt need to learn it for my job, but now I will, because I just watched your video from my sofa in the evening and it was entertaining and perfectly explained. I also like to learn new things
What a great way to spend your evening!
I just started using powerquery and my algorithm brought me to you and this wonderful video shot 2 years ago! This is so easy, clear and wonderful to follow! Thank you for making life so easy for all of us!
So pleased to hear that! Have fun with Power Query 😊
Amazing. Thank you for this explanation.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your tutorials are extremely easy to follow, yesterday i created my first dashboard with help of your tutorial on Dashboards and I really felt happy and my work has really got reduced to 90% where i have to make MIS report for every month and it would have took me almost a day to get, cleaning, and adjusting the data. KUDOS MAM : - )
Wow! That's awesome to hear, Aakash!
Brilliant tutorial! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! 😊
I just fell in love with Power Query!
Just a week ago, I created a VBA macro just to import add pivot tables and graph a voluminous warranty database that used to take a lot of my time each month. Thanks a lot, Mynda! Really helpful!
I also want to remark that you own an engaging voice and teaching style, key to captivating your audience.
Thanks so much for your kind words! It's so good to hear you're now a Power Query fan :-)
Outstanding! As always, so amazing! Thank you!
Thanks so much, Jennifer!