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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

Ek common chuk mhanje working without the formula bar and 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. Samjla ka?