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Published inNov 2023
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Bernard Obeng Boateng
Bernard Obeng Boateng
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Bernard Obeng Boateng

Bernard Obeng Boateng is a Microsoft Excel MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, with over 10 years work experience in Banking, Insurance and Business Development. He is founder of Finex Skills Hub an approved Training Provider of the Financial Modeling Institute, Canada. Finex Skills Hub runs the Finex Project in Ghana, a pro bono student training outreach program for students in Data Analytics and Financial Modeling. Bernard also provides consultancy services for SMEs (start-ups and existing) in Financial Management, Business Planning and Research. He has an active audience online with about 17,000 followers on his LinkedIn Account. where he shares tips and tricks on Microsoft Excel and other Office Apps.
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Exporting your data model to Power BI

Exporting a data model from Excel to Power BI, including all measures and Power Query transformations, is a seamless process that involves importing the Excel workbook into Power BI Desktop. The two programs work together smoothly, so you can move your data over without a hitch.

Power BI can handle big, complex datasets. This is great when you have a lot of information to work with.

Let’s go through the steps:

  1. We begin by opening Power BI Desktop. This is free and you will not require an account to use this. However, a licensed version gives you more advantages when you bring in the data model from Excel.
Figure 10.33 – Power BI Desktop

Figure 10.33 – Power BI Desktop

  1. After opening Power BI Desktop, you can now go to File | Import and choose the Power Query, Power Pivot, Power View option:
Figure 10.34 – Accessing the Import option

Figure 10.34 – Accessing the Import option

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Bernard Obeng Boateng

Bernard Obeng Boateng is a Microsoft Excel MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, with over 10 years work experience in Banking, Insurance and Business Development. He is founder of Finex Skills Hub an approved Training Provider of the Financial Modeling Institute, Canada. Finex Skills Hub runs the Finex Project in Ghana, a pro bono student training outreach program for students in Data Analytics and Financial Modeling. Bernard also provides consultancy services for SMEs (start-ups and existing) in Financial Management, Business Planning and Research. He has an active audience online with about 17,000 followers on his LinkedIn Account. where he shares tips and tricks on Microsoft Excel and other Office Apps.
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