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5 years ago
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Prepare / transform data in Power BI

Hi all, here is a short general question about these important initial steps to visualize the numbers, which is what it's all about... With all the transforming and changing of types, etc. one quic...
  • aj1973's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    One thing for sure is whatever you can do with MS Access you can do it with Power Bi and even more. So if you have Queries to control your data in Access then you can create formulas to control it in Power Bi using DAX. Also you can use Power Query in Power bi to Either control or add a conditionnal  column to transform or format your columns. 

    For sure there are ways, but all depends on your model.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Do you want to change the data type of the data from Access in Power BI? If yes, you can refer the following blog to get it. 

    Data types in Power Query

    Change Data Types of a Column in Power BI

    In addition, the following documentations lists some general data transformations that can be done in Power Query. You can refer to them for some processing of your data.

    Shape and combine data in Power BI Desktop

    Common Data Transformations in Power Query

    Best Regards