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Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide Build dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138221
Length 202 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Manuel Quintana Manuel Quintana
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Mitchell Pearson Mitchell Pearson
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Devin Knight Devin Knight
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Brian Knight Brian Knight
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The Power Query Editor

The Power Query Editor is the primary tool that you will utilize for applying data transformations and cleansing processes to your solution. This editor can be launched as part of establishing a connection to your data, or by simply clicking Edit Queries on the Home ribbon of the Power BI Desktop. When the Power Query editor is opened, you will notice that it has its own separate environment for you to work in. The environment encapsulates a user-friendly method for working with all of the queries that you will define. Before you dive deep into the capabilities of the Power Query Editor, let's first start by doing an overview of the key areas that are most important:

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Following the numbered figures, let's review some of the most important features of the Power Query Editor:

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