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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 (714)
  • Malki Rajapaksha Pathirana (Sep 2, 2021)

    It was a really good session. I enjoyed it.

  • Eric Bula (Aug 25, 2021)

    Gracias por este video curso introductorio, muy bien explicado y a buen ritmo dado que el inglés no es mi idioma natal lo pude entender en gran parte sin apoyo del closed caption, espero puedan ofrecer otros de forma similar.

  • Roberson (Aug 24, 2021)

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  • Dhananjay Ramdas Patil (Aug 21, 2021)

    Structure Is Good For Beginner

  • Dhananjay Ramdas Patil (Aug 21, 2021)

    Great the course structure

  • Dhananjay Ramdas Patil (Aug 21, 2021)

    Great the course structure

  • MGITUTI ELISHA MGITUTI (Aug 19, 2021)

    Thanks, the course is very informative.

  • Numan Saeed (Aug 17, 2021)

    Satisfied

  • Wassim A. El-hajj (Aug 14, 2021)

    Clear and straight forward introduction to DM.

  • Kirankumar Yadav (Aug 8, 2021)

    Awesome Course and Explanation

  • Erika A (Aug 4, 2021)

    Loved the course! I finally understand some things I was doing instictly in my PowerBI files. Now I know why it is important to work carefully in the data model first and what to consider to make it more efficient. I'm pretty sure the complete course would give me more insights in this interesting matter.

  • Efrain Hernandez (Aug 3, 2021)

    It was very easy to understand beside the examples are very concrets... thanks.

  • Sarah Farr (Jul 30, 2021)

    Great! Thank you :)

  • Aditya Upadhyay (Jul 29, 2021)

    I found this course good, but it is too basic as expected from an intro course. Overall Marco simplified complex modelling scenarios in digestible piece. Kudos for that. Looking forward to learn more courses from SQLBI team.

  • Masao Inoue (Jul 28, 2021)

    Good introductory course.