Glossary term
What is Power Query?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Power Query" means: The cleaning workshop inside Power BI. It records each change as a step, and replays the steps when data refreshes. It is taught in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use. Related terms include Import, Applied Steps, Grain and Staging query. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Power Query?
The cleaning workshop inside Power BI. It records each change as a step, and replays the steps when data refreshes.
Where is Power Query taught?
Power Query is defined in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use.
Which lessons cover Power Query?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 2.1: Read the Recipe: Power Query and Applied Steps
Which terms are related to Power Query?
Next to Power Query in the course glossaries: Import, Applied Steps, Grain, Staging query, CSV file, Append, Dashboard and Data type.
ImportApplied StepsGrainStaging queryCSV fileAppendDashboardData type
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Power Query?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use: You have access to a Windows computer; no coding or database experience is needed.