In this quick chapter, we're going to practice connecting to an Access Database. 🌟 

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### Access Database Overview
Download the **'Sales 2024'** database which includes two tables: **'Sales 2024'** details sales data from 30 bakeries for the first half of 2024 and **'Sales 2023'**.

This file will be invaluable for our future calculations and statistics.

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> If you don't have access rights to the database, Power Query won't be able to connect to the source.

This advanced course will guide you from preparing raw data for analysis to building an automated dashboard. You will learn how to calculate the Profits & Losses for a small business, "The Artisan Bakery". Dive deep into the essentials of business analytics with practical, real-world applications and transform data into insightful, actionable outcomes.

Prepare to discover the fundamentals of Power Query, including navigating the Get Data tab, establishing connections with databases and Excel workbooks, and effectively merging queries to streamline your data processing tasks.

You will dive deeper into Power Query's capabilities by connecting and integrating data from CSV files and folders. This section will guide you through adding custom columns, merging data sources, handling errors gracefully, and efficiently grouping and unpivoting columns to prepare data for advanced analysis.

The section covers advanced data preparation, relationship building, and calculation methods using Power Pivot.

Delve into creating a highly automated and interactive dashboard from start to finish. We explore advanced features such as pivot charts, KPI integration, and slicers to enhance functionality and user interaction. 

Discover advanced functions to create an interactive and automated report for calculating key financial metrics on a monthly basis.

Connecting Database

Access Database Overview