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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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  • ANTONY MARQUES PIRES (Aug 7, 2019)

    Congratulations, simply the best free content of the theme on the web! Thanks

  • Rasheed Kareem (Aug 3, 2019)

    What a very nice course. good to learn from sqlbi

  • Ignacio Barrau (Aug 1, 2019)

    Very nice course. I think it has almost all introduction topics. If I had to add something I would explain what to do when you have a fact table and a chain of conections like Product, ProductSubCategory and ProductCategory. Explain how to model dimensions in that scenario that is very frecuent.

  • Fernando Camargo da Silva (Jul 31, 2019)

    Amazing course, it helps to understand and memorize the basic concepts of data modelling in our mind.

  • Benjamin Swift (Jul 30, 2019)

    Fantastic content as usual! Thank you.

  • Joanna Boniecka-Grzelak (Jul 30, 2019)

    Fantastic course!

  • Simon Forthun (Jul 28, 2019)

    thanks

  • Frank Acquaah (Jul 23, 2019)

    Great Videos! Perfect step by step explanation for a rookie like me. Thank you.

  • Bohdan Kryszczuk (Jul 21, 2019)

    Thank you for the excellent lecture.

  • Alphonce Wanjala (Jul 16, 2019)

    I highly recommend this course as an gateway to more advanced DM. Thanks to Marco and Alberto for the great content.

  • MICHEL PLATINI DE ALMEIDA CESAR (Jul 9, 2019)

    The course is excellent! A very well explained, and technically perfect introduction!

  • james robim ramos raymondi (Jul 7, 2019)

    Es muy importante saber desnormalizar para poder generar los indicadores de alto impacto.

  • JOVIANO SILVEIRA (Jul 5, 2019)

    Great Course!

  • Patricia Rodrigues (Jul 4, 2019)

    You're a great communicator. your knowledge it great and totally aligned with the business needs.

  • Ciro Gómez Parssian (Jul 2, 2019)

    Excellent, I am probably purchasing the full data modeling course and the Power BI course.