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)
  • Geoffrey Colpitts, PMP (Sep 8, 2023)

    This is a great overview of data modeling that gave me the vocabulary and understanding of proper modeling importance.

  • Blake LeBlanc (Sep 5, 2023)

    Great presentation! Slides are clear, the pace of content delivery is superb! Once again, bravo to the expert duo we favorably call, "The Italians" :)

  • Zully Escobar (Sep 5, 2023)

    Excellent content! Excellent explanation!!

  • gudla manikanta (Aug 15, 2023)

    It was a great platform to learn data modelling concepts

  • Sujan Chhetri (Aug 13, 2023)

    The course material has been extensively researched and is presented in a highly accessible manner, making it ideal for those who are new to the subject. While the introductory course is excellent, the fees for the advanced courses are relatively high for someone at my level of learning.

  • Mouhsine EL Mansouri (Aug 12, 2023)

    Many Thanks

  • DANG THANH QUAN (Aug 3, 2023)

    A great course to get data modeling foundation in Power BI

  • Qamaruddin Khichi (Aug 2, 2023)

    It was an amazing course, learned a lot. Thanks!

  • Dmytro Mogetych (Jul 26, 2023)

    Very useful course! Good explanations. Additional thanks for Ukrainian subtitles.

  • MADHU BABU PONNADA (Jul 23, 2023)

    Course is simply super with all required learnings available.

  • Yoong Sin Teh (Jul 16, 2023)

    Good emphasised on star-scheme diagram based model, I’m trying to implement it and create datetable to link as Dim. Good introduction to Dim and Fact table too.

  • Tomasz Piotr Czarny (Jul 15, 2023)

    Thank You

  • Tamir Basin (Jul 15, 2023)

    Thank you for an insightful and well-explained course. Kind regards, Tamir Basin

  • Clint Finch (Jul 14, 2023)

    Good stuff as always by Marco and Alberto. Bravo!

  • Lance Masatsugu (Jul 14, 2023)

    Fantastic insights!