What Is Power Query? When first introduced to Excel, Power Query was an add-in, but given its usefulness, it has been a native tool since 2016.

Data comes from all kinds of sources and Microsoft Power Query can you when you need to combine foreign data. It’s a bit easier than trying to do so in Microsoft Excel sometimes.

Power Query is available in Excel 2010 and Excel 2013 as a free add-in downloadable from Microsoft’s website at microsoft.com. In Excel 2016, it is included under the Data tab in the Get & Transform ...