### YamlMime:Tutorial
title: Getting data
metadata:
  title: Getting data | Microsoft Power BI
  description: Explore and learn the many ways you can get and work with data in Power BI.
  audience: Business User
  level: Beginner
  nextTutorialHref: modeling.yml
  nextTutorialTitle: Modeling
  displayType: one-column
  author: davidiseminger
  manager: kfile
  ms.service: powerbi
  ms.topic: conceptual
  ms.date: 02/26/2019
  ms.author: davidi
items:
- durationInMinutes: 1
  content: |
    Data is at the heart of Power BI. In this **Guided Learning** section, you learn how to get and work with data in Power BI.
- title: Overview of Power BI Desktop
  durationInMinutes: 4
  content: |
    > [!Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/mdy-eRev6HM?rel=0]

    [!INCLUDE [](includes/1-1-overview-of-power-bi-desktop.md)]
- title: Getting started with Power BI Desktop
  durationInMinutes: 9
  content: |
    > [!Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Bo1BrpR3AY?rel=0]

    [!INCLUDE [](includes/0-2-get-started-power-bi-desktop.md)]
- title: Connect to data sources in Power BI Desktop
  durationInMinutes: 8
  content: |
    > [!Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6s0osmRCZ4?rel=0]

    [!INCLUDE [](includes/1-2-connect-to-data-sources-in-power-bi-desktop.md)]
- title: Clean and transform your data with the Query Editor
  durationInMinutes: 8
  content: |
    > [!Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/o-sinon5JYY?rel=0]

    [!INCLUDE [](includes/1-3-clean-and-transform-data-with-query-editor.md)]
- title: More advanced data sources and transformation
  durationInMinutes: 8
  content: |
    > [!Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/8WsY0R2V_bw?rel=0]

    [!INCLUDE [](includes/1-4-advanced-data-sources-and-transformation.md)]
- title: Cleaning irregularly formatted data
  durationInMinutes: 8
  content: |
    > [!Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/74KQmzdvFV8?rel=0]

    [!INCLUDE [](includes/1-5-cleaning-irregular-data.md)]
- content: |
    Way to go! You've completed the **Getting data** section of Microsoft Power BI Guided Learning. The next step is to learn about **Modeling**, which is the subject of the next tutorial.