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6. Power Query Essentials

6.3 The Power Query Ribbon at a Glance

Tab Main groups and commands
Home Close & Apply, New Source, Recent Sources, Enter Data, Data source settings, Manage Parameters, Refresh Preview, Advanced Editor, Choose/Remove Columns, Keep/Remove Rows, Sort, Split Column, Group By, Data Type, Use First Row as Headers, Replace Values, Merge Queries, Append Queries, Combine Files
Transform Table: Group By, Use First Row as Headers, Transpose, Reverse Rows, Count Rows · Any Column: Data Type, Detect Data Type, Rename, Replace Values, Fill, Pivot Column, Move, Unpivot Columns · Text Column: Split Column, Format, Merge Columns, Extract, Parse · Number Column: Statistics, Standard, Scientific, Trigonometry, Rounding, Information · Date & Time Column: Date, Time, Duration
Add Column General: Column From Examples, Custom Column, Invoke Custom Function, Conditional Column, Index Column, Duplicate Column · From Text · From Number · From Date & Time (full coverage in Module 8)
View Query Settings, Formula Bar, Monospaced, Show whitespace, Column quality, Column distribution, Column profile, Go to Column, Advanced Editor, Query Dependencies
Tools / Help Diagnostics (query diagnostics), help links

Transform tab vs Add Column tab

Lakshat theva, many commands appear on both tabs. On the Transform tab they change the existing column. On the Add Column tab they create a new column and keep the original. Choose carefully.

Ravindra Bagale's Tip

Friends, many students hunt through the ribbon for every transformation. Right-click the column header, or use the small table icon at the top-left of the data grid. Most common transformations are one click away there. Don't make this mistake!