Power Query is Microsoft’s data preparation and transformation tool. It helps you quickly pull in data, clean it up, and combine multiple sources into a single, usable dataset—without needing to write code.
What you can do with Power Query
- Import data from many sources and file formats
- Clean and reshape tables (filter, split, merge, group)
- Combine datasets from different systems into one model
- Expand or unpivot data for reporting-friendly structures
- Build repeatable steps to automate routine data prep
Where it’s used
Power Query is commonly used by business analysts, data specialists, and anyone who works with spreadsheets and reports. Most actions are done through an editor with a point-and-click interface, which lowers the barrier for non-developers.
Excel and Power BI integration
Power Query is built into Excel and Power BI, which can speed up reporting workflows by keeping data refresh and transformation steps consistent. Recent updates expanded supported data sources, improved transformations, and added better handling for large datasets, along with new templates for automating repetitive tasks.
