Webinar Overview

Are you frustrated by Excel's limitations with large datasets and the tedious process of manually combining data from different sources? It's time to supercharge your workflow with two powerful, free tools built directly into Excel: Power Query and Power Pivot.

These tools eliminate common data headaches, allowing you to import over a million rows from virtually any source and create sophisticated data models—all without needing a database or IT department. Power Query is your go-to tool for discovering, connecting to, cleaning, and transforming data. Power Pivot then empowers you to build robust data models and relationships, creating a powerful foundation for advanced reporting and analysis. Together, they completely overhaul how you work with data in Excel.

Why You Should Attend

In today's data-driven environment, professionals are expected to manage and make sense of information from countless sources. With leaner IT teams, the responsibility for data processing increasingly falls on the individual.

This webinar is your solution. You will learn a transformative skillset to efficiently process massive amounts of data from multiple sources and turn them into insightful, dynamic reports. By mastering Power Query and Power Pivot, you will save immense amounts of time, automate repetitive tasks, and deliver a level of analysis that sets you apart.

Areas Covered in the Session

• Tool Activation: How to access and install these free tools from Microsoft within Excel.

• Understanding Data Models: The foundation of powerful analysis in Power Pivot.

• Building Relationships: Creating links between different datasets for unified reporting.

• Data Importation: Importing data from an array of external sources (CSV, web, databases).

• Introduction to DAX: Learning the fundamentals of Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) for powerful calculations.

• Data Wrangling with Power Query: Cleaning, transforming, and merging data with an intuitive interface (goodbye, manual cleanup!).

• Linking Data Sources: Creating a seamless flow from raw data to refined data model.

• Unified Reporting: Building powerful reports and dashboards that pull from multiple, related data sources.

Who Will Benefit

This webinar is ideal for any professional who regularly uses Excel and wants to dramatically increase their efficiency and analytical capabilities, including:

• Business Owners, CEOs, CFOs, and CTOs

• Managers and Administrators at all levels

• Data Analysts, Sales Professionals, and Bankers

• Office Staff and Anyone who uses Excel frequently and wants to be more productive

• Essentially, anyone ready to move beyond basic spreadsheets to true business intelligence.