Learn how to export Microsoft Power BI data to Excel using this step-by-step guide with examples.

Getting viable data from an Excel workbook into Power BI for data visualization purposes takes some specific preparation. Here is what you need to do.

Excel isn't going away, but it's going to stop accumulating extra tools like barnacles. Instead Power BI Desktop will become the self-service analytics hub.

And it’s these Power BI datasets that Microsoft has integrated directly into Excel. If you don’t have Power BI, Microsoft still has you covered — you’ll just have to wait a little bit longer.

Microsoft is leveraging its Power BI service to act as the connector to bring sources of data into Excel data types on the commercial side, allowing businesses to connect up a variety of data.