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Am I right to say Power Query is a self-service ETL?

‎07-14-2017 07:33 PM

Hi Power BI Geek,

 

Am I right to say Power Query in Power BI Desktop is kind of self-service ETL tool? I'm a newbie of Power BI and practicing daily. I find it completely powerful for data transformation.

Is there any resource where I can find the comparison between ETL in SQL Server (2014 or later) with Power BI ?

 

Thank you so much!

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MattAllington
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‎07-14-2017 11:08 PM

Yes PQ is a self service etl tool.  I'm not aware of any comparison sites.  Power query will be added to SQL Server analysis services later this year I believe. I do not see our query replacing SSIS  as they serve different purposes 


* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

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MattAllington
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‎07-14-2017 11:08 PM

Yes PQ is a self service etl tool.  I'm not aware of any comparison sites.  Power query will be added to SQL Server analysis services later this year I believe. I do not see our query replacing SSIS  as they serve different purposes 


* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.
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