Certified Financial Excel Power Query Expert (Cfepq-Expert)

Learn to use Power Query practical way, for data transformation and automation from multiple different sources

What you'll learn

Identify the characteristics of good and bad data using the principles of data normalization.

Extract data from CSV and Excel files and automate basic transformations such as Pivot and Unpivot.

Transform datasets by grouping or combining data from different tables or even multiple files from the same folder.

Avoid, interpret and fix errors and exceptions that you experience in Power Query.

Requirements

MS Excel software

Fundamental knowledge of MS Excel usage and it's functions

Fundamental knowledge of Finance and Banking

Description

Power Query Fundamentals Overview“Stop wasting your time manipulating data”If you’ve ever worked with data extracts or regular reports in Excel, you’ll know how time-consuming it is to change the layout, extract information, and lookup values from other tables. Not only that, but you repeat these tasks every week or month, each time you receive a new report. Stop. Power Query is about to revolutionize your work.In this Certified Financial Excel Power Query Expert (CFEPQ-Expert) course, we’ll explore the world of data transformation and automation. You’ll learn to extract data from multiple sources and transform it into layouts more suited to analysis. We will show you how to automate data connections and transformations and extract and consolidate data from multiple files. Finally, we’ll look at how to deal with common errors. Power Query is essential for any Excel-focused analyst and is a powerful asset to any Business Intelligence analyst. These skills will help you spend less time on data manipulation and more on your analysis projects.Power Query Fundamentals Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this course, you will be able to:Identify the characteristics of good and bad data using the principles of data normalization.Extract data from CSV and Excel files and automate basic transformations such as Pivot and Unpivot.Extract information from fields that combine two or more values.Transform datasets by grouping or combining data from different tables or even multiple files from the same folder.Avoid, interpret and fix errors and exceptions that you experience in Power Query.Load transformed data into Excel for use as automated data feeds.This Power Query course is perfect for anyone who wants to build up their understanding of Business Intelligence. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in data analysis, quantitative analysis, business intelligence, or other areas of finance with the fundamental knowledge of Power Query.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What is Power Query

Lecture 2 How to Install Power Query

Section 2: Key Features of Power Query with Examples

Lecture 3 How of Unpivot using Power Query

Lecture 4 How to import dynamic number of columns in Power Query

Lecture 5 How to Group Rows in Power Query

Section 3: Power Query Challenge # 1 with Live Example

Lecture 6 Basic Transformations

Section 4: Power Query Challenge # 2 with Live Example

Lecture 7 Extracting Information

Section 5: Power Query Challenge # 3 with Live Example

Lecture 8 3. Consolidating Data

Section 6: Power Query Challenge # 4 with Live Example

Lecture 9 Dealing with Errors

This Power Query course is perfect for anyone who wants to build up their understanding of Business Intelligence. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in data analysis, quantitative analysis, business intelligence, or other areas of finance with the fundamental knowledge of Power Query.