What is the Power Query?

How do I get to the Power Query in Excel?

You're going to want to use Power Query instead of Power Query for Mac.

There's plenty of information on the Microsoft support site on how to download, install, and use Power Query, which is based on the Excel Data Model. () From there, if you create a connection to your SQL Server database, it should show up as a data source in Power Query for Excel. Note that your SQL Server will be running on a separate computer than your office PC, so you'll need to change the server name in the connection URL and set up the proper firewall rules.

Is Power Query free?

The short answer is yes.

Power Query is free, but it is only available as a part of the Office 365 suite. If you are already an Office 365 user you can get started with Power Query for free by signing up. If you are not sure if you should take the Office 365 option, or prefer to try out Power Query for yourself first, you can use the free version of Power Query and Power View for 30 days.

Power Query was first introduced in the Office 365 service back in April 2026, but Power View has been around for a while longer. It is a really cool feature that allows you to see data in a new way. It gives you insight into your data that you never had before. It can help you do many things, such as create reports, view data in new ways, and even discover new trends in your data.

In this post, we will learn how to create a simple power query report using the Microsoft Excel 2026 Service that I have already created for you. The data for the examples in this post was collected by the web scraping tool I have also provided you.

To create your first Power Query Report, you will need the following: Internet Connection. I have used my own personal Microsoft Excel 2026 Service in this post. If you have a subscription to Office 365, you can download and install the Office 2026 Service from your account dashboard. This is the best way to get started because you can then work with any data from any service, including the Office 365 services, from anywhere on your computer or from any other device that you want.

The first thing you will need to do is log in to your Office 365 account from the Microsoft Office online web page. If you do not have an account, you can sign up for a free one here. You can select from:

Exchange Online. SharePoint Online. Microsoft Graph. Office 365 for business. My personal recommendation is to add all the services you are likely to use at least once a month.

What is the Power Query?

Power Query lets you automate your work.

Create a model and then feed it a few pieces of data, and the model can create new columns, calculate formulas, delete rows or copy over the values from an Excel or text file. As a result of this power, Power Query transforms not only numbers and strings but also formulas, table structures, dates and values of different types in structured new fields. When you run all changes in a model on all the new columns without errors (or the same errors over again) Power Query performs transformations to make more suitable for analysis data - you do not need to understand formulas, you need to just type them once.

It is much more than just "formula as table". Power Query's model building is similar to the real working process of a database: Power Query is able to analyze data and build new values based on different parts of your data. It is also helpful in analyzing different aspects in your data based on a set of parameters. Therefore, you can perform calculations and get the desired results. The result is a single output table that corresponds to all the new and existing columns within a specific model. If we refer to Power Query as having a database in its architecture, the power of this tool comes from the possibility to connect with a whole dataset with a single operation - load or save. Power Query also helps in creating data and transforming data. As a result of this, Power Query saves your time, by automating the process of analyzing your data.

Power Query Data Extensions are built-in tables derived from some column in your source data. This way, Power Query gets information from your source data without you explicitly asking it.

If you like the idea of a virtual database tool, Power Query can provide it in its model building functionality and even more. Power Query allows you to create a model that will process input source data, and output a single set of values that you want. Power Query models are not made of data, but their work is done based on your data using all their features. To be specific, every model contains four types of values which are as follows:

Data and Tables Power Query Data is available at the top level. For example, let's assume that we have a spreadsheet with rows that have different names and numbers of sales and costs items.

How to download Power Query in Excel?

Microsoft is introducing Excel for Office 365 and OneDrive for Business as a service (O365/O365), which enables users to create and share documents through a secure cloud platform. There are several features in this new version of Office 365 which were introduced in Microsoft Excel, including Power Query and Power Pivot. If you are a regular Excel user, you may have come across the Power Query service within Excel, which is basically a way of connecting to third-party data sources to retrieve and manipulate data. This means that all data that was created in the new Excel for Office 365 can be downloaded and accessed from a Power Query document, thus allowing data to be retrieved from multiple sources and manipulated into new tables in Excel.

Power Pivot is an alternative to Power Query, allowing you to create pivot tables and charts in Excel, to analyse and consolidate your data and create reports based on that data. Power Query and Power Pivot are essentially data connectors that are now available inside Excel for Office 365 and OneDrive for Business. Microsoft uses these features to power the new features that have been added to Excel, such as Power View and Power Map.

Power View is a new feature that allows you to create a dashboard by accessing your data and combining it in a visual display. You can add any data source to a Power View page, such as a table or a chart, and the page will combine that data into a visual display.

Power Map is a feature that is similar to Power View, allowing you to create maps, charts and graphs, and then share them with people online. Power Map is also built into Excel for Office 365, and the new version of Excel has also added the Power Map ribbon tab and a map builder to help you create great looking maps.

What you need to know about Power Query and Power Pivot. Power Query is an easy way to access and work with data, so you don't have to worry about the process of creating a data source. The way to access this data is to create a new query, in which you can add any data source, such as an Excel file or a database, and Power Query will automatically pull that data into an Excel table for you to work with.