Power Query
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Power Query is a data connection and transformation tool used to import, clean, and reshape data from various sources before analysis in Microsoft Power BI and other Microsoft products.
Observed surface forms (8)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
data connectivity technology
ⓘ
data transformation tool ⓘ |
| canConnectTo |
Azure
ⓘ
surface form:
Azure services
CSV files ⓘ Excel files ⓘ OData feeds ⓘ SharePoint ⓘ
surface form:
SharePoint lists
databases ⓘ local files ⓘ online services ⓘ text files ⓘ web data sources ⓘ |
| category |
business intelligence tool
ⓘ
self-service BI technology ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
M language
ⓘ
Power Query self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Power Query Editor
|
| integratedIn |
Power Query
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Azure Data Factory Power Query activity
Power Query self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Excel Get & Transform Data
Microsoft Dataverse dataflows ⓘ
surface form:
Power Apps dataflows
Power BI Service dataflows ⓘ
surface form:
Power BI Dataflows
Power BI ⓘ
surface form:
Power BI Desktop
|
| offers |
graphical user interface for data transformation
ⓘ
step-based transformation model ⓘ |
| output |
Excel tables
ⓘ
Power BI data model tables ⓘ data tables ⓘ |
| partOf |
Excel
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Excel
Power BI ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power Platform ⓘ |
| stores | transformation steps as query definitions ⓘ |
| supports |
adding calculated columns
ⓘ
appending queries ⓘ combining data from different sources ⓘ connecting to multiple data sources ⓘ data type conversion ⓘ filtering data ⓘ grouping data ⓘ incremental data refresh in Power BI ⓘ merging queries ⓘ parameterized queries ⓘ pivoting columns ⓘ query folding ⓘ unpivoting columns ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data cleaning
ⓘ
data import ⓘ data preparation for analysis ⓘ data reshaping ⓘ data transformation ⓘ |
| uses | M language ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Power Query M
this entity surface form:
Power Query engine
this entity surface form:
Power Query Editor
this entity surface form:
Excel Get & Transform Data
this entity surface form:
Azure Data Factory Power Query activity