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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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  • Bhaskaran Kannappan (May 30, 2023)

    Good Course

  • Marco Della Monica (May 28, 2023)

    Best course i've ever seen, easy to understand and really well explained. Thanks!

  • Paula Kincaid (May 23, 2023)

    Thank you for this course on Data Modeling. I have learned a lot of valuable information.

  • Shubair Abbas (May 19, 2023)

    The course is best in market,they teaches very good

  • George Thogo (May 18, 2023)

    Very informative

  • Mariana Cheroni (May 10, 2023)

    Just what I was looking for! it is hard to find this kind of content to reinforce our base knowledge and start improving our skills. Really clear and direct to the point Thanks for sharing this extract of the course for free, it's really useful to decide whether it is worth applying for the entire course (which, by the way, totally is!)

  • Simran Virdee (May 8, 2023)

    It was a great session. Thank you

  • Shravan Indraniya (May 7, 2023)

    This course will help me in making my career. thanks a lot for share your knowledge

  • Toni Lazazzera (May 3, 2023)

    Thanks very much Marco. Before watching this video I wasn't aware of the importance of Data Modeling and all the caveats awaiting the unprepared designer. Grazie mille. Toni

  • Sandro Sanchez (Apr 28, 2023)

    great course

  • Thor Dreamer (Apr 20, 2023)

    Excellent course

  • Timon Buijs (Apr 13, 2023)

    Many thanks for giving this online course to get a better understanding in data modeling within PowerBI!

  • Luis Oliveira (Apr 12, 2023)

    Simple and effective, as usual with SQLBI. Thank you

  • Gregory L Chilton (Apr 11, 2023)

    Excellent Course.

  • Bruno Elsner (Apr 10, 2023)

    I find this course excellent. I recommend it very much. Many thanks.