Resources for Power Query Demo Day, a free live demo of First Steps for Power Query with Microsoft Excel. Built on the Stringfest Analytics brand, with the Palmer Penguins dataset replacing the old star.xlsx for the basics.
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
power-query-demo-day.pptx |
The slide deck (16 slides) with speaker notes. CTAs link to the book and the membership. |
power-query-demo-day-notes.docx |
Step-by-step demo and speaker notes to replay every demo. |
power-query-demo-day-cheatsheet.pdf |
One-page Power Query quick-reference handout (the lagniappe). |
| File | Used in |
|---|---|
penguins.xlsx |
Demo: Profiling data (load, data types, View-tab profiling). |
office-rsvps.xlsx |
Demo: Manipulating rows (filter nulls, sort, dedupe, refresh). |
office-rsvps-solution.xlsx |
Cleaned solution for the rows demo. |
wholesale-customers.xlsx |
Warm-up plus the grand-finale Unpivot (make data PivotTable-ready). |
It is a free live demo: attendees watch the workflows together during the session. The download files, replay, and practice materials come with the membership.
- Get the recording and all downloads: join the membership at https://stringfestdata.gumroad.com/l/mxlais?layout=profile
- Go deeper: Modern Data Analytics in Excel (O'Reilly) at https://stringfestanalytics.com/maxl/
The deliverables are generated by build_deck.js (deck), build_notes.js (notes), and build_cheatsheet.py (cheat sheet). Brand assets live in assets/. To rebuild the deck and notes: npm install pptxgenjs docx, then node build_deck.js.
pq-pdq.pptx and star.xlsx are the original deck and dataset from the old "Power Query PDQ" event, kept for reference only. The current event is Power Query Demo Day (power-query-demo-day.pptx).