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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 (721)
  • Ethan Wilkinson (Jan 6, 2020)

    Great introduction of how to do data modeling in PowerBI.

  • Peter Foster (Jan 5, 2020)

    Excellent course! On to the full Data Modelling course now!

  • Jónheiður Ísleifsdóttir (Jan 3, 2020)

    Very good introduction and explanations on how to model data well and how to deal with the different scenarios.

  • Aleksandr Yakovenko (Dec 24, 2019)

    Thanks

  • Nikolaos Galanakis (Dec 23, 2019)

    It was a good course and I understood the proposed Star data modeling schema.

  • Melissa Valgardson (Dec 22, 2019)

    Excellent course! Wish I had taken it months ago. Excited to move onto the next one.

  • Vanessa Neira (Dec 19, 2019)

    very useful and clear

  • Emilio Gregorini (Dec 17, 2019)

    Great

  • Karthi Vignes (Dec 17, 2019)

    Very clear and concise videos that state the problem and the approach lucidly.

  • Oleg Deineka (Dec 15, 2019)

    Everything is simple and fine.

  • Eduardo Silva (Dec 13, 2019)

    I'm very impressed with the content of this course. It clarified exactly the doubts I had. The instructor has a very good way of explaining things. No wonder SQLBI is so highly ranked in the Power BI world.

  • Suresh Manakalath (Dec 11, 2019)

    Really Practical Usable content. Thank You !

  • Ricardo Ribeiro de Sousa (Dec 10, 2019)

    VERY GOOD, CONGRATULATION

  • Frans van der Veen (Dec 9, 2019)

    Thank you for offering these kind of online introductions to a specific area, this helps a lot to find out what you as a newbie need to focus on. Thanks ! Frans

  • Sekou Tyler (Dec 9, 2019)

    Great course!