Collect, Combine, and Transform Data Using Power Query in Excel and Power BI

Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction to Power Query

What Is Power Query?

A Brief History of Power Query

Where Can I Find Power Query?

Main Components of Power Query

Get Data and Connectors

The Main Panes of the Power Query Editor

Exercise 1-1: A First Look at Power Query

Summary

Chapter 2 Basic Data Preparation Challenges

Extracting Meaning from Encoded Columns

AdventureWorks Challenge

Exercise 2-1: The Old Way: Using Excel Formulas

Exercise 2-2, Part 1: The New Way

Exercise 2-2, Part 2: Merging Lookup Tables

Exercise 2-2, Part 3: Fact and Lookup Tables

Using Column from Examples

Exercise 2-3, Part 1: Introducing Column from Examples

Practical Use of Column from Examples

Exercise 2-3, Part 2: Converting Size to Buckets/Ranges

Extracting Information from Text Columns

Exercise 2-4: Extracting Hyperlinks from Messages

Handling Dates

Exercise 2-5: Handling Multiple Date Formats

Exercise 2-6: Handling Dates with Two Locales

Extracting Date and Time Elements

Preparing the Model

Exercise 2-7: Splitting Data into Lookup Tables and Fact Tables

Exercise 2-8: Splitting Delimiter-Separated Values into Rows

Summary

Chapter 3 Combining Data from Multiple Sources

Appending a Few Tables

Appending Two Tables

Exercise 3-1: Bikes and Accessories Example

Exercise 3-2, Part 1: Using Append Queries as New

Exercise 3-2, Part 2: Query Dependencies and References

Appending Three or More Tables

Exercise 3-2, Part 3: Bikes + Accessories + Components

Exercise 3-2, Part 4: Bikes + Accessories + Components + Clothing

Appending Tables on a Larger Scale

Appending Tables from a Folder

Exercise 3-3: Appending AdventureWorks Products from a Folder

Thoughts on Import from Folder

Appending Worksheets from a Workbook

Exercise 3-4: Appending Worksheets: The Solution

Summary

Chapter 4 Combining Mismatched Tables

The Problem of Mismatched Tables

What Are Mismatched Tables?

The Symptoms and Risks of Mismatched Tables

Exercise 4-1: Resolving Mismatched Column Names: The Reactive Approach

Combining Mismatched Tables from a Folder

Exercise 4-2, Part 1: Demonstrating the Missing Values Symptom

Exercise 4-2, Part 2: The Same-Order Assumption and the Header Generalization Solution

Exercise 4-3: Simple Normalization Using Table.TransformColumnNames

The Conversion Table

Exercise 4-4: The Transpose Techniques Using a Conversion Table

Exercise 4-5: Unpivot, Merge, and Pivot Back

Exercise 4-6: Transposing Column Names Only

Exercise 4-7: Using M to Normalize Column Names

Summary

Chapter 5 Preserving Context

Preserving Context in File Names and Worksheets

Exercise 5-1, Part 1: Custom Column Technique

Exercise 5-1, Part 2: Handling Context from File Names and Worksheet Names

Pre-Append Preservation of Titles

Exercise 5-2: Preserving Titles Using Drill Down

Exercise 5-3: Preserving Titles from a Folder

Post-Append Context Preservation of Titles

Exercise 5-4: Preserving Titles from Worksheets in the same Workbook

Using Context Cues

Exercise 5-5: Using an Index Column as a Cue

Exercise 5-6: Identifying Context by Cell Proximity

Summary

Chapter 6 Unpivoting Tables

Identifying Badly Designed Tables

Introduction to Unpivot

Exercise 6-1: Using Unpivot Columns and Unpivot Other Columns

Exercise 6-2: Unpivoting Only Selected Columns

Handling Totals

Exercise 6-3: Unpivoting Grand Totals

Unpivoting 2x2 Levels of Hierarchy

Exercise 6-4: Unpivoting 2x2 Levels of Hierarchy with Dates

Exercise 6-5: Unpivoting 2x2 Levels of Hierarchy

Handling Subtotals in Unpivoted Data

Exercise 6-6: Handling Subtotals

Summary

Chapter 7 Advanced Unpivoting and Pivoting of Tables

Unpivoting Tables with Multiple Levels of Hierarchy

The Virtual PivotTable, Row Fields, and Column Fields

Exercise 7-1: Unpivoting the AdventureWorks NxM Levels of Hierarchy

Generalizing the Unpivot Sequence

Exercise 7-2: Starting at the End

Exercise 7-3: Creating FnUnpivotSummarizedTable

The Pivot Column Transformation

Exercise 7-4: Reversing an Incorrectly Unpivoted Table

Exercise 7-5: Pivoting Tables of Multiline Records

Summary

Chapter 8 Addressing Collaboration Challenges

Local Files, Parameters, and Templates

Accessing Local Files-Incorrectly

Exercise 8-1: Using a Parameter for a Path Name

Exercise 8-2: Creating a Template in Power BI

Exercise 8-3: Using Parameters in Excel

Working with Shared Files and Folders

Importing Data from Files on OneDrive for Business or SharePoint

Exercise 8-4: Migrating Your Queries to Connect to OneDrive for Business or SharePoint

Exercise 8-5: From Local to SharePoint Folders

Security Considerations

Removing All Queries Using the Document Inspector in Excel

Summary

Chapter 9 Introduction to the Power Query M Formula Language

Learning M

Learning Maturity Stages

Online Resources

Offline Resources

Exercise 9-1: Using #shared to Explore Built-in Functions

M Building Blocks

Exercise 9-2: Hello World

The let Expression

Merging Expressions from Multiple Queries and Scope Considerations

Types, Operators, and Built-in Functions in M

Basic M Types

The Number Type

The Time Type

The Date Type

The Duration Type

The Text Type

The Null Type

The Logical Type

Complex Types

The List Type

The Record Type

The Table Type

Conditions and If Expressions

if-then-else

An if Expression Inside a let Expression

Custom Functions

Invoking Functions

The each Expression

Advanced Topics

Error Handling

Lazy and Eager Evaluations

Loops

Recursion

List.Generate

List.Accumulate

Summary

Chapter 10 From Pitfalls to Robust Queries

The Causes and Effects of the Pitfalls

Awareness

Best Practices

M Modifications

Pitfall 1: Ignoring the Formula Bar

Exercise 10-1: Using the Formula Bar to Detect Static References to Column Names

Pitfall 2: Changed Types

Pitfall 3: Dangerous Filtering

Exercise 10-2, Part 1: Filtering Out Black Products

The Logic Behind the Filtering Condition

Exercise 10-2, Part 2: Searching Values in the Filter Pane

Pitfall 4: Reordering Columns

Exercise 10-3, Part 1: Reordering a Subset of Columns

Exercise 10-3, Part 2: The Custom Function FnReorderSubsetOfColumns

Pitfall 5: Removing and Selecting Columns

Exercise 10-4: Handling the Random Columns in the Wide World Importers Table

Pitfall 6: Renaming Columns

Exercise 10-5: Renaming the Random Columns in the Wide World Importers Table

Pitfall 7: Splitting a Column into Columns

Exercise 10-6: Making an Incorrect Split

Pitfall 8: Merging Columns

More Pitfalls and Techniques for Robust Queries

Summary

Chapter 11 Basic Text Analytics

Searching for Keywords in Textual Columns

Exercise 11-1: Basic Detection of Keywords

Using a Cartesian Product to Detect Keywords

Exercise 11-2: Implementing a Cartesian Product

Exercise 11-3: Detecting Keywords by Using a Custom Function

Which Method to Use: Static Search, Cartesian Product, or Custom Function?

Word Splits

Exercise 11-4: Naive Splitting of Words

Exercise 11-5: Filtering Out Stop Words

Exercise 11-6: Searching for Keywords by Using Split Words

Exercise 11-7: Creating Word Clouds in Power BI

Summary

Chapter 12 Advanced Text Analytics: Extracting Meaning

Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services

API Keys and Resources Deployment on Azure

Pros and Cons of Cognitive Services via Power Query

Text Translation

The Translator Text API Reference

Exercise 12-1: Simple Translation

Exercise 12-2: Translating Multiple Messages

Sentiment Analysis

What Is the Sentiment Analysis API Call?

Exercise 12-3: Implementing the FnGetSentiment Sentiment Analysis Custom Function

Exercise 12-4: Running Sentiment Analysis on Large Datasets

Extracting Key Phrases

Exercise 12-5: Converting Sentiment Logic to Key Phrases

Multi-Language Support

Replacing the Language Code

Dynamic Detection of Languages

Exercise 12-6: Converting Sentiment Logic to Language Detection

Summary

Chapter 13 Social Network Analytics

Getting Started with the Facebook Connector

Exercise 13-1: Finding the Pages You Liked

Analyzing Your Friends

Exercise 13-2: Finding Your Power BI Friends and Their Friends

Exercise 13-3: Find the Pages Your Friends Liked

Analyzing Facebook Pages

Exercise 13-4: Extracting Posts and Comments from Facebook Pages-The Basic Way

Short Detour: Filtering Results by Time

Exercise 13-5: Analyzing User Engagement by Counting Comments and Shares

Exercise 13-6: Comparing Multiple Pages

Summary

Chapter 14 Final Project: Combining It All Together

Exercise 14-1: Saving the Day at Wide World Importers

Clues

Part 1: Starting the Solution

Part 2: Invoking the Unpivot Function

Part 3: The Pivot Sequence on 2018 Revenues

Part 4: Combining the 2018 and 2015-2017 Revenues

Exercise 14-2: Comparing Tables and Tracking the Hacker

Clues

Exercise 14-2: The Solution

Detecting the Hacker's Footprints in the Compromised Table

Summary





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