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Data Cleaning with Power BI

By : Gus Frazer
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Data Cleaning with Power BI

By: Gus Frazer

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power BI offers a range of powerful data cleaning and preparation options through tools such as DAX, Power Query, and the M language. However, despite its user-friendly interface, mastering it can be challenging. Whether you're a seasoned analyst or a novice exploring the potential of Power BI, this comprehensive guide equips you with techniques to transform raw data into a reliable foundation for insightful analysis and visualization. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to data cleaning, starting with data quality, common data challenges, and best practices for handling data. You’ll learn how to import and clean data with Query Editor and transform data using the M query language. As you advance, you’ll explore Power BI’s data modeling capabilities for efficient cleaning and establishing relationships. Later chapters cover best practices for using Power Automate for data cleaning and task automation. Finally, you’ll discover how OpenAI and ChatGPT can make data cleaning in Power BI easier. By the end of the book, you will have a comprehensive understanding of data cleaning concepts, techniques, and how to use Power BI and its tools for effective data preparation.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1 – Introduction and Fundamentals
6
Part 2 – Data Import and Query Editor
11
Part 3 – Advanced Data Cleaning and Optimizations
16
Part 4 – Paginated Reports, Automations, and OpenAI

Cleaning your data in Power BI

Data preparation typically involves cleaning, transforming, and structuring data into a format that is suitable for analysis. Power BI offers several tools to help with this process, including the Power Query Editor, data modeling, and DAX formulas. In the later chapters of this book, you will dive deeper into each of these tools. Here is an example of the Power Query Editor window accessed from within the Power BI Desktop application:

Figure 1.1 – User interface (UI)/toolbar of the Power Query Editor

Figure 1.1 – User interface (UI)/toolbar of the Power Query Editor

The Power Query Editor is a powerful tool that allows you to clean and transform data. It provides a user-friendly interface to perform various data transformation tasks, such as splitting columns, merging tables, filtering data, and removing duplicates. It also has several built-in functions to help you transform your data, such as date and text transformations.

Data modeling is another important aspect of Power BI...