How to Install Power Query in Excel

Power Query is an amazing tool that offer self-service Business Intelligence (BI) for excel with consistent and intuitive experience of combining, discovering, and refining data across a comprehensive range of sources such as structural, relational and semi-structural data. This tool is help you to analyses the data in business intelligence and data analytics.

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Learning the Power Query in Excel & Power BI will help you advanced in Business Intelligence domain. In today’s blog, I will explain you the complete systematic process to install power query in excel. So, I recommend you, please follow all the steps with us and at the end of this blog you have installed Power Query in Excel.

Here is a quick list of compatible versions:

  • Built-in feature for Excel 2016 for Windows (Office 365 Subscription).
  • Power Query is not yet available for the Mac versions of Excel.
  • “Free” add-in for Excel 2010 and 2013 for Windows.

Step By Step Process to Install Power Query in Excel

For excel 2010, 2013 & 2016 you will need to download the power query add-in and install it.

The Steps you should follow,

Step 1: Close (exit) Excel completely.

Step 2: Click the following link to go to the download page.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39379

Step 3: Click the Download button.

Step 4: Click the checkbox for the bit version you are using.  Most likely, you will be using 32-bit.

Step 5: Click Next

Step 6: The add-in installation file will download.  Click the file to run the installation.

Step 7: The Setup Wizard window will open.  Follow the steps to install Power Query

Step 8: Once the installation is complete, open Excel.  You should now see the Power Query tab in the Ribbon.

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