{"id":169991,"date":"2015-09-10T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/?p=169991"},"modified":"2024-08-30T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:49:19","slug":"integrating-power-query-technology-in-excel-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2015\/09\/10\/integrating-power-query-technology-in-excel-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Power Query technology in Excel 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you often import data into Excel? Do you ever need to shape your data before you analyze it and build your reports? We are excited to let you know that your get-data experience in Excel is about to change forever. In Excel 2016<\/a> we have integrated Power Query technology into the Data<\/strong> ribbon under the Get & Transform<\/strong> section. Power Query technology enhances the self-service business analytics\u00a0experience in Excel by simplifying data discovery, access and collaboration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prior to the release of Excel 2016, Microsoft Power Query for Excel functioned as an Excel add-in that was downloaded and installed on Excel 2010 and 2013<\/a>. In Excel 2016 we integrated the Power Query technology and experience into Excel. Power Query is no longer an add-in but is a native Excel feature from the Data tab, under the Get & Transform section.<\/p>\n In addition, most of the features in the Get & Transform section are now available for all users on all Office plans.<\/p>\n If you are not familiar with Power Query, here is a short summary of what you can now achieve in Excel 2016 with this new technology.<\/p>\n You can learn more about the new capabilities and how to use them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you are familiar with the Power Query add-in in Excel 2010 and 2013, you know there are several advantages of having the Power Query technology native in Excel 2016, including:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (In the image above we highlighted the Refresh Data and Edit Query Properties operations completed in the Workbook Queries<\/strong> task pane. Excel 2016 kept these operations in its Undo\/Redo stack. In earlier versions, any Power Query operation deleted the Undo\/Redo stack.)<\/p>\n\n
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