Introduction to Power Query
Drowning in Messy Data? You’re Not Alone in Current Workplaces.
Whether you're preparing finance reports or handling massive Excel sheets, Malaysian professionals are spending too much time cleaning up data. Manually fixing formats, merging files, and transforming tables has become a daily headache. And let’s face it—most Excel users are still not leveraging the power of automation tools like Power Query.
The Common Data Struggles—and the Power Query Solution
Problem: You waste hours cleaning data in Excel.
The Reality: Fixing column formats, splitting names, or merging datasets takes time—and worse, it’s repetitive.
The Solution: Learn how to use Power Query to automate these tasks instantly, with a simple interface and no coding needed.
Problem: Your reports get delayed due to slow data prep.
The Reality: You’re stuck cleaning up messes before even starting analysis.
The Solution: Learn best practices and real-world shortcuts to clean and transform data faster—so you can focus on insights, not formatting.
Problem: You struggle to consolidate data from multiple files.
The Reality: Combining monthly reports or pulling data from folders is a manual, error-prone process.
The Solution: Use Power Query’s Append and Merge features to pull data from multiple files—Excel, PDFs, folders—automatically.
Problem: You don’t know where to start with Power BI or Power Query.
The Reality: Many users feel overwhelmed with new tools and don’t have time to self-learn.
The Solution: This beginner-friendly course breaks everything down with guided hands-on practice—even if you’re starting from zero.
Course Overview
This 1-day interactive course is the perfect entry point for anyone working with messy datasets in Excel or Power BI. Through a mix of guided lectures, real case studies, and speed challenges, you’ll gain hands-on experience using Power Query to extract, clean, transform, and consolidate data from various sources like Excel, CSV, folders, and PDFs.
By the end of the day, you’ll walk away with real, job-ready skills to automate your data prep process—saving hours of manual work.
Outcomes & Benefits
Automate repetitive Excel tasks using Power Query
Clean, transform, and reshape messy datasets efficiently
Import data from Excel, CSV, folders, and PDFs
Consolidate multiple data sources into a single, ready-to-use format
Apply Power Query to real-world financial and time series data
Speed up reporting and analysis by focusing on insights, not clean-up
Who Should Attend
Business analysts and data analysts
Finance professionals and accountants
Excel users working with large or messy datasets
Anyone looking to automate data-prep and reporting tasks
Beginners interested in Power BI or data transformation tools
Course Delivery Details
Duration: 1 Day
Format: Instructor-led or Virtual Instructor-led
Hands-on Practice: Included in all modules and case studies
HRDC Claimable: Yes
Promo Price: RM400 only (Normal Price: RM500)
Date: 23rd June 2025
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