Introduction to Data Modeling for Power BI Video Course

Introduction to Data Modeling for Power BI is an introductory video course about data modeling, which is a required skill to get the best out of Power BI, Power Pivot for Excel, and Analysis Services. The training is aimed at users that do not have a background knowledge in data modeling for analytical systems and reporting.

The goal of the course is introduce the primary concepts of dimensional modeling, using practical examples and demos to illustrate how to obtain the desired result without having to write complex DAX expressions. Creating a proper data model simplifies the code to write and improves the performance. The course is made of 100 minutes of lectures. You can watch the videos at any time and the system will keep track of your advances. Within the course you can download the slides and the Power BI files used in the demos.

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  • Presentation of Introduction to Data Modeling for Power BI

    • Presentation of Introduction to Data Modeling for Power BI
  • Slides and demos

    • How to download and use demo files
    • Demos download
    • Slides of the video course
  • Introduction to data modeling

    • Introduction to data modeling
    • Introduction
    • Scattered information
    • Business entities
  • Normalization and denormalization

    • Normalization and denormalization
    • Introducing normalization and denormalization
  • Star schemas

    • Star schemas
    • Introducing star schemas
    • Placing tables in a diagram
    • If you don't have a star schema
  • Why data modeling is useful

    • Why data modeling is useful
    • What is the role of a data model
  • Data modeling scenarios

    • Data modeling scenarios
    • Common scenarios
    • Header / detail tables
    • Back to a star schema
    • Multiple fact tables
    • Building a star schema
    • Handling multiple dates
    • Multiple relationships with date
    • Events with different durations
    • Precompute the values
  • Conclusion

    • Conclusion
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Student Reviews (729)
  • Henrik Ryge Nielsen (Apr 1, 2025)

    Very informative end well explained in my opinion. I think however, that the examples are way too complicated to fully understand for an unexperienced trainee meeting the subject for the first time.

  • Rui Morais (Apr 1, 2025)

    Great examples with date solutions.

  • Grant Thompson (Mar 25, 2025)

    Excellent content and well explained

  • Damodar Acharya (Mar 25, 2025)

    You two deserve loads of appreciation and Thank you from the BI world. There are only few people get to the roots of any problem or concept, I must say you guys are the masters. It's been a year or two now, I check your channel or portal first for any queries before googling it :).

  • Luis Gustavo Guedes Bessa Lima (Mar 21, 2025)

    Excellent course!!!

  • Telge Peiris (Mar 15, 2025)

    good intro to data structure, normalization and star schema

  • Lovely Jha (Mar 13, 2025)

    I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It is nicely explained with the examples. Thank You!

  • GINO JIMENEZ (Mar 10, 2025)

    Excellent material to understand Power BI benefits by adopting the right methods to get the best results from this tool.

  • Krzysztof Plackowski (Feb 16, 2025)

    Fantastyczny kurs, w pełni profesjonalne podejście i dokładne wyjaśnienie zalet i wad modeli danych

  • Thalles Pinheiro (Feb 10, 2025)

    Great introduction course

  • Leonardo Soares (Feb 5, 2025)

    I've never seen a course like this one!!

  • Phil Teng (Feb 4, 2025)

    Bravo! Really enjoyed and benefited from taking this course. Grazie!

  • rajesh k (Feb 4, 2025)

    NICE COURSE

  • Md. Zakir Hussain Khan (Jan 30, 2025)

    Very well organized course to start understanding data model!

  • Keith Badgley (Jan 26, 2025)

    Well taught and concise for an Intro class!