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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 (702)
  • Benoit faucher (Jun 14, 2021)

    Very well explained. Should have watched this a long time ago.

  • Julianna Weldon (Jun 11, 2021)

    I LOVE the auto-scrolling highlighted captions, it makes it so easy to follow along!

  • Meena Raja (Jun 8, 2021)

    As a begginer it was really helpfull for me to understand data modelling concepts.

  • Lucas Leal (Jun 7, 2021)

    Great explanation about data modeling!

  • Mohit Anshuman (Jun 6, 2021)

    A very good introductory course, thank you.

  • Domingos Liao (Jun 4, 2021)

    Great intro, easy to follow, engaging presenter.

  • Jane Hobden (May 30, 2021)

    Thanks for a great introductory course!

  • mohammad murtuza (May 28, 2021)

    Such a great teaching like we are learning face to face and mind blowing explanation.

  • petros kefalas (May 24, 2021)

    Excellent tutorial. Thanks for the opportunity

  • ivan khoo (May 23, 2021)

    Very good course on covering the concept of data modelling scenarios

  • pedro Reynoso ogando (May 19, 2021)

    Excelente, me gustaría que los audios video sean en español tambien

    • – Hi Pedro, Thank you for your comment. As you may have noticed we provided Spanish subtitles. These are translated automatically from hand-written English subtitles. Claire
      Reply by Claire Costa (May 20, 2021)
  • Lucas Augusto Guterres Garais (May 18, 2021)

    Nice course that teaches some basic concepts about data modelling and analysis.

  • Lee Rowley (May 18, 2021)

    Very informative, but demonstrates that I will need to learn DAX in order to get more out of Power BI

  • FABIAN PEREZ LOPEZ (May 12, 2021)

    Excellent

  • Alexander Mililis (May 12, 2021)

    Excellent presentation, well done!