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Data Transformation in Power BI

Intermediate 3 hours English Course Certificate
SkillsPower BIPower QueryData transformationJoinsPivotingData cleaning

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A DataCamp course on the unglamorous skill that decides whether a Power BI report is trustworthy: cleaning and reshaping the data first.

Good for: Levelling up Power BI data preparation with Power Query.

Skip if: You are new to Power BI or want DAX and modelling instead.

Over about three hours you pivot and unpivot, transpose and append tables, combine data with joins, and write transformations in Power Query — the intermediate craft that separates a tidy model from a messy one. It assumes you already know the Power BI basics, so it's a poor fit if you're brand new, or if what you actually want next is DAX and modelling rather than data prep. You'll need DataCamp's subscription (about $14/month billed annually, first chapter free), and its completion certificate is a learning record (as of 2026).

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About this course

Data Transformation in Power BI builds the data-preparation skills that separate a tidy report from a messy one. Over about three hours you learn to (un)pivot, transpose, and append tables, combine data with joins, and write transformations in the M language inside Power Query Editor.

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Maarten Van den Broeck
DataCamp instructor

Created by Maarten Van den Broeck and Khaled Choucri, DataCamp instructors with applied business-intelligence and analytics backgrounds.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, some. This focuses on transforming and shaping data within Power BI — cleaning, reshaping, and preparing it, largely using Power Query — so you should already know Power BI's basics, like connecting to data and building simple reports. It is not a Power BI from-scratch course. If Power BI is new, start with a fundamentals course; this builds the data-preparation skills on top of that.

Preparing and transforming data in Power BI: cleaning messy data, reshaping tables, merging and appending queries, and using Power Query to get data into the right structure for analysis. This transformation step is a large part of real Power BI work — good reports depend on well-prepared data — so the course targets that essential, often-underestimated skill rather than visualisation.

Partly. DataCamp's free tier gives you the first chapter, and there is usually a full-access free-trial week, but completing the course requires a Premium subscription (around 25 US dollars a month). So you can sample the opening material free, but finishing it and accessing the wider Power BI track is a paid subscription.

It is a focused course — typically a few hours of interactive content — as one step in DataCamp's Power BI learning path. Because it is interactive, the time goes into actually transforming data rather than passive watching. Treat it as a building block toward genuinely capable Power BI work rather than complete training on its own.

Yes — you get a DataCamp statement of accomplishment for the course. Treat it as a marker of effort rather than a formal credential; data roles value demonstrable skill on real reports. The genuine value is being able to clean and transform data effectively in Power BI, which you show through your work far more than through the certificate.
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