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 (665)
  • Dirk Lyall (Sep 21, 2019)

    One of the best and interactive sessions, I have indulged myself in. Thanks and keep up the good work!

  • Kim Beck (Sep 18, 2019)

    Great introduction to Power BI modelling

  • Ahmad Askar (Sep 18, 2019)

    Again, awesome course by the champs Thanks a ton

  • Sarasi Dias (Sep 18, 2019)

    Very good. Very much simplified and explained with prompt examples.

  • Вадим Горбаль (Sep 16, 2019)

    Good Job! Many thanks for simplifying explanation and making things clear!

  • padma kondaveti (Sep 11, 2019)

    very useful

  • Abhishek Mani Tripathi (Sep 10, 2019)

    Great content, structured, best modeling and very valuable information about Power BI..Thank you very much Alberto and Marco..

  • Ramin Zarrasvand (Sep 7, 2019)

    Very helpful, thanks for making and sharing this course with us!

  • Bill Ted (Sep 4, 2019)

    Great!

  • Andrew McDonald (Aug 29, 2019)

    I learned some great tips. I have been using Power BI for a while and apparently all wrong; well not really wrong, just not the best practice. Very helpful stuff and I am planning to take the full course too.

  • Gilbert Ciobanu (Aug 22, 2019)

    Thank you!

  • Jose Luis Baldivieso (Aug 20, 2019)

    Great Intro to data modeling!

  • Abhijith Titus DSouza (Aug 13, 2019)

    Excellent introduction course by Marco and Alberto. They stress the importance of data modelling for Power BI and give many examples which can be solved by resorting to good old star schema. Thank you for your efforts.

  • Darwin A Benavides M (Aug 11, 2019)

    Excelente introducción al modelado de datos, la explicación muy correcta ya que va de lo general a lo particular y se enfoca en mostrar las ventajas y desventajas de cada decisión que se toma en el modelado con ejemplos sencillos y muy bien explicados

  • ANTONY MARQUES PIRES (Aug 7, 2019)

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