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Clean Data in Power BI with Power Query

In this lab, you’ll practice the data cleansing capabilities of Power Query. When you’re finished, you’ll have an understanding of how to clean data using Power Query in Power BI.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 04, 2025
Duration
50m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Row-Level and Column-Level Transformations

    In this first challenge, you will learn how to execute Power Query transformations at the row and column level. This includes operations such as filtering and removing rows and columns, handling missing data, and removing duplicates.

  3. Challenge

    Cell-Level Transformations

    Now it’s time to understand how to perform cell-level transformations at scale. In this challenge, you'll learn how to replace, trim, and clean values, remove errors, and fill data up or down.

  4. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

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With over 20 years of experience on Microsoft infrastructure, data and collaboration software, Emilio Melo has a newly found passion and enthusiasm for the incredible potential of the cloud.

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