Although many Power BI functions are also available in Microsoft Excel with the add-on Power Pivot, Power Query, Power View and Power Map tools, Power BI is easier to use and more intuitive.

Learn how to use Power BI inside Outlook and Office to create data storytelling with our step-by-step guide.

Key Takeaways : Power Query is essential for data transformation and cleaning in Excel and Power BI. Web scraping with Power Query allows dynamic data import from websites. Connecting to local ...

In short, Power Query has one primary purpose: to save you time when handling data. More specifically, it can be used to clean up data already in Excel, import and organize data from lots of ...

Columnist Chris Liversidge explains how to take advantage of Microsoft’s Power BI (Business Intelligence) rollout to collect and analyze more data than ever before -- and find the SEO ...

Other new additions to the Power BI preview include two preview add-ins for Excel with 3D mapping visualizations through Power Map and improved data search in Power Query.