Learn how Power Query can boost your Excel skills with tips to clean, transform, and analyze data faster and more efficiently ...

Learn how Power Query, Power Pivot, and VBA can transform your Excel skills. Choose the right tool and boost your ...

Image: PixieMe/Shutterstock. Microsoft Power Query showed up in Excel 2016, though earlier versions can access Power Query using an add-in. This tool allows you to import, scrub and edit data from ...

In Excel 2016, Power Query is accessed by clicking on the Data tab and then clicking on the drop-down arrow next to New Query in the Get & Transform group and then selecting From File. If you’re ...

Now that the data from the workbooks has been combined and transformed, it's time to see how it looks in a regular Excel worksheet. In the Home tab on the Power Query Editor window, click the top half ...

Excel's Power Query Editor, with two columns in the data indicating the first and last years each soccer player has played. A column header is being renamed in Excel's Power Query Editor.

How to get data into Excel Power Query. Let’s suppose that you have an Excel table with names and addresses, similar to the one in Figure A.

Start Excel and open a new or existing spreadsheet. Go to the "Data" tab and click on "From Other Sources" in the Get External Data group. Choose "From Microsoft Query" in the drop-down list.