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04 Power Query

The document discusses topics in Power Query including exploring the interface, loading data, managing modifications, and examining data cleaning. It covers loading external data, filtering and merging datasets, splitting columns by delimiter or number of characters, and data transformation techniques like changing datatypes and replacing values. The module aims to introduce the Power Query interface and common data cleaning tasks.

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04 Power Query

The document discusses topics in Power Query including exploring the interface, loading data, managing modifications, and examining data cleaning. It covers loading external data, filtering and merging datasets, splitting columns by delimiter or number of characters, and data transformation techniques like changing datatypes and replacing values. The module aims to introduce the Power Query interface and common data cleaning tasks.

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Víctor Islas
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4 Power Query

Module Topics
• Exploring The Power Query Interface
• Loading Data
• Managing Modifications
• Examining Data Cleaning
Exploring The Power Query Interface
Loading Data
Exercise
• Getting External Data
Managing Modifications
Exercises
• Data Filtering
Merging
Datasets
Exercises
• Merging Datasets
Splitting Columns – By Delimeter
Option (alphabetical) Description
At Each Occurrence of the Delimiter Splits the column into as many columns as there are delimiters.
Colon Uses the colon (:) as the delimiter.
Comma Uses the comma (,) as the delimiter.
Custom Lets you enter a custom delimiter.
Equals Sign Uses the equals sign (=) as the delimiter.
Left-Most Delimiter Splits the column once only at the first occurrence of the delimiter.
Number of Columns to Split Into Allows you to set a maximum number of columns into which the data
will be split in chunks of the given number of characters. Any extra
columns will be placed in the rightmost column.
Right-Most Delimiter Splits the column once only at the last occurrence of the delimiter.
Semi-Colon Uses the semicolon (;) as the delimiter.
Space Uses the space ( ) as the delimiter.
Tab Uses the tab character as the delimiter.
Splitting Columns – By Number of
Characters
Option (alphabetical) Description
Number Of Characters Lets you define the number of characters of data before splitting
the column.
Number Of Columns To Split Into Allows you to set a maximum number of columns into which the
data will be split in chunks of the given number of characters. Any
extra columns will be placed in the rightmost column.
Once, As Far Left As Possible Splits the column once only at the given number of characters in
from the left.
Once, As Far Right As Possible Splits the column once only at the given number of characters in
from the right.
Repeatedly Splits the column as many times as necessary to cut it into
segments every defined number of characters.
Examining Data Cleaning
• Datatypes
• Replacing Values
• Transforming Columns
Module Review
• Module Objective
• Exercise Review
Review Questions
Review Questions Answered

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