April 3, 2025

Webcast Replay

2 CPE

Power BI - Prepare Your Data Efficiently for Excel Analysis

April 3, 2025
Webcast Replay
2 CPE

Power BI - Prepare Your Data Efficiently for Excel Analysis

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    Instructor

    Bryan
    Smith

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    Bryan Smith, CPA.CITP, CISA

    Bio

    Bryan L. Smith, CPA.CITP, CISA

    Bryan is an author and top-rated presenter of numerous courses on technology related topics for CPAs. He also serves as virtual CIO advisor for CPA firms and professional service organizations. He focuses on helping firm leaders understand the issues and opportunities associated with deploying information technology to improve productivity and enhance client services and increase profitability. 

    Professional Experience and Credentials

    • Past Chair, MACPA Information Technology Task Force
    • Master of Science in Information Assurance
    • Past Member, AICPA CITP Credential Committee
    • Past Treasurer of the Microsoft Project Users Group (Detroit Chapter)
    • Past Chair, MACPA Leadership Task Force
    • Regional Director in charge of mid-market technology services for top 10 accounting firm
    • Executive Manager of top 100 firm serving as Regional Director of consulting and IT  audit services
    • Former Senior Manager of top 100 firm responsible for developing and leading IT consulting services group
    • Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
    • Member of the Information System Audit and Control Association
    • Extensive experience in leading world class organizations through mission critical IT systems deployment
  • This webcast is part of the 2020 Power BI Series. Please see below for the suggested viewing order. Before you can analyze data, you first must get the data. This webcast focuses on getting data into Excel using different data sources. Whether your data is text, comma delimited (CSV), reports, Excel, databases, web, applications and/or many others, Excel provides the ability to access that data. You will learn about tools that have been added to Excel that will make accessing that data even easier, such as data models and Power Query (Get and Transform). After this webcast you will finally be able to get the data you need to perform data analysis. This series is presented using Excel 2019/Office 365. Regardless of the version you are using, most concepts covered in this webcast series apply to all versions of Excel. Explore the other webcasts in the 2020 Power BI Series: Power BI
  • Introduction to MS Power BI Tools Power BI
  • Analyze Your Data With Excel Pivot Tables Power BI
  • Create Excel Dashboards for Maximum Impact Power BI
  • Use Power Query to Transform Your Data Power BI
  • Go Beyond PivotTables with Power Pivot Power BI
  • Use Advanced Calculations with DAX Formulas Power BI
  • Use PBI Desktop to Create Reports and Dashboards Power BI
  • Share Your Data Analysis using PowerBI.com

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate between improper and proper data structure
  • Select the best way to import data into Excel
  • Identify ways to use Power Query to clean your data

Major Topics

Getting data into the correct structure Data sources that you can access Working with multiple tables and data sources Steps to import data for analysis Introduction to Power Query and Get and Transform

CPE Credits Available

2 CPE
2
Computer Software & Applications

Things to Know About This Course

Course Level

  • Intermediate

Professional Area of Focus

  • Industry
  • Leadership
  • Pracitioner
  • Pracitioner's
  • Pracitioners
  • Technology

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of Excel features and functions

Advanced Preparation

None

Intended Audience

Anyone who uses Excel to analyze data

Provider

AICPA

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