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6. Power Query Essentials

6.2 Power Query Editor Tour

Area Purpose
Ribbon Tabs: Home, Transform, Add Column, View, Tools, Help
Queries pane (left) List of all queries (tables, functions, parameters). Right-click for Duplicate, Reference, Enable load, Group
Data preview (centre) Preview of the data (not all rows). Column header icons show the data type (ABC = text, 123 = whole number, 1.2 = decimal, calendar = date)
Formula bar Shows the M code of the selected step (switch on via View › Formula Bar)
Query Settings pane (right) Query Name and the list of Applied Steps
Status bar Column/row counts and "Column profiling based on top 1000 rows"

Ravindra Bagale's Tip

A common mistake is working without the formula bar and the data preview tools switched on. Turn on the Formula bar and Column quality/distribution/profile in the View tab. Seeing the M code of each step is the fastest way to learn and debug. Clear?