Is there anything you have seen someone do in Excel and have always wondered how? How about Power Query in Excel For Mac
Abstract
In this article, Micheal Olafusi gives us a sneak-peek into Power Query in Excel for Mac.
Video: Power Query in Excel for Mac.
Requirements and availability
You would need to have Microsoft Excel installed and Consumer subscription licenses. At the moment this feature is a beta update. Do check this video so you can access it: Office Insider for Mac – Setting up Beta Channel or Current Channel.
Power Query For Mac
We are all familiar with Power Query: the powerful and time-saving feature available on Excel and Power BI that has made gathering and analyzing data quicker and easy. Yes! We have all loved it since it was released as a downloadable COM add-in with Excel 2010 and Excel 2013.
How it works
- Click on the Data Ribbon and click on Get Data (Power Query).
- Currently, we can only pull data from an Excel workbook and a Text/CSV file.
- Just like your Windows, you click on the Excel Workbook icon and then browse for the file; Pick a file and wait for it to load.
- The navigator appears; A list of all available worksheets is showed along with a preview if you select any.
- You can select the worksheet (s) you want to load
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- You can also only load at the moment, no transform or editor unlike in Windows and Power BI. As I mentioned earlier, it is still in its Beta stage and more development is in the pipeline.
