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In fact you can use power query to build an impressive excelbased reporting solution without going near power pivot, and in some cases this approach can be better than using power pivot. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The bism tabular model, expert cube development with sql server 2008 analysis services, and mdx solutions with microsoft sql server analysis. Chris s book is a valuable resource that covers all the basic and advanced features of power query. Chris webb principal program manager microsoft linkedin. Jul 05, 2014 power query for power bi and excel ebook written by christopher webb, crossjoin consulting limited. This repository accompanies power query for power bi and excel by christopher webb and crossjoin consulting limited apress, 2014. Im chris webb and i work on the power bi customer advisory team at microsoft.
Technical explanations written by the creators of power query. Jun 26, 2014 buy power query for power bi and excel 1st ed. Since power query is frequently updated, some parts may be already a bit dated. In his post, he showed a way to use a dropdown instead of a plain text box to prompt the user to select the value for the parameter of a power query function. Jun 26, 2017 concatenate, merge or combine multiple rows into one value power query for power bi duration. Working with parameters and functions in power queryexcel.
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