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agd50
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Cleaning Excel Data Question

‎10-24-2023 08:54 PM

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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‎10-24-2023 09:41 PM

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
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‎10-24-2023 09:41 PM

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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