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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  • Aditya Deo (Dec 26, 2020)

    Before watching this free series, didn't know that, data model can be a problem & also learnt how to resolve some simple problems.

  • PRADEEP MISHRA (Dec 24, 2020)

    It was too good, Thank you so much.

  • Vincent Donovan (Dec 23, 2020)

    Awesome. Very clear and detailed, and really leads the student carefully through the data modelling problem.

  • Svetlana Dolgopolova (Dec 22, 2020)

    Great intro and very good examples.

  • Chabbil Singla (Dec 22, 2020)

    Excellent Content

  • jan blomberg (Dec 21, 2020)

    Nice and concise presentation of the importance of setting up the data in the correct way! A wonderful presentation. May I only add that as all users of BI should also have access to Power Query, instead of doing a more complex presentation with advanced DAX coding, an inclusion of PowerQuery would possibly have gotten students a better understanding of the right tools for the job. That would of course have increased the scoop of this excellent free tutorial. I understand why it was excluded.

  • Sanjar Abdurazakov (Dec 21, 2020)

    Very good course, it saved me a lot of time! Thank you, guys!!!

  • Felipe García (Dec 16, 2020)

    Excellent course, thank you guys!

  • Sebastian Reategui (Dec 13, 2020)

    Thank you. Pretty good.

  • Yash Kumar (Dec 13, 2020)

    This course is amazing.

  • ROBERT MJOR (Dec 11, 2020)

    This was very informative. Thank you, Robert Major

  • Igor Busel (Dec 3, 2020)

    Thanks Marco and Alberto for your great work! May be for me it is nothing new, but it is always a great plasure to hear from Professionals who are speaking realized knowledge. It goes directly in mind. I will continue my Data Modelling jorney with a next course. Best Regards Igor

  • Jose Pino (Dec 2, 2020)

    Es un valioso contenido . En mi opinion , deberia ser un prerequisito para todas las personas que desean iniciarse en Power Bi. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.

  • Israel E. Gutierrez Jr. (Dec 1, 2020)

    Awesome!!!

  • Damian Skipiol (Dec 1, 2020)

    Great introduction to Power BI. Thank you so much for both of you Guys. Till couple months ago I was a big fan of Qlik Sense, but now after couple months with PBI and your books and Patterns I'm a big fan of PBI. Once again, thank you so much.