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So, I should use PowerBI when I get a weirdly formatted .txt file with data I want to analyze, get my insights, do calculations on etc. and will never use again after? Thats what I use PQ for, format/ combine data from different sources in a way I can use. I don't need dashboards or fancy charts someone can click on.
And no, python is not the tool for me. I am not getting paid to learn a programming language, I don't have time for this at work. I would have to learn and program a lot of python to do what I can do in PQ in a few minutes. I don't even know, if I am allowed to execute a self written python script on my work PC.