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 (718)
  • 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!

  • Amrit Singhania (Jan 9, 2025)

    It was a great insight, would like to learn more about other types of schemas.

  • Pawel Kiraga (Jan 9, 2025)

    Impressive!

  • Flavio Pezzini (Dec 30, 2024)

    Sarebbe bello se fosse in italiano

  • stephane Lebourg (Dec 30, 2024)

    Tahnk You for this introduction and presentation of data medelong. i work since 6 month with powerBI and i learn several things that said to me , that i want to reorgnaize all the modles i worked before :)

  • Sam Schlenner (Dec 22, 2024)

    Wonderful! A great introduction to this complex but necessary discipline.

  • Shalini N (Dec 20, 2024)

    nice explanation

  • Prajjwal yadav (Dec 19, 2024)

    It's very easy to learn and understand. And give more understanding about the data modeling in BI.

  • Ermi Tedla (Dec 17, 2024)

    fantastic!!!!

  • Adarsh Mishra (Dec 13, 2024)

    Thanks, great series,

  • Govind Bhandari (Dec 9, 2024)

    Great course

  • Yannick Mahieu (Dec 8, 2024)

    Perfect free introductions, would recommend.