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agd50
Helper V
Helper V

Cleaning Excel Data Question

Any advice for cleaning Excel data that doesn't translate well for Power BI? 

(Lots of colored cells, Subheaders that are hard to edit, etc) 
Flat vs Wide perhaps? TIA

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Ritaf1983
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Hi @agd50 
Most of the cleaning manipulations are possible with the power query itself, take a look at the linked guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWcmiyra7qs

Other ETL tools that you can use: excel, pandas, data factory etc...

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @agd50 
Most of the cleaning manipulations are possible with the power query itself, take a look at the linked guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWcmiyra7qs

Other ETL tools that you can use: excel, pandas, data factory etc...

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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