Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs

This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the ins and outs of data modeling and how to create full-fledged data models using Power BI confidently. In this new, fully updated edition, you'll learn how to connect data from multiple sources, understand data, define and manage relationships between data, and shape data models to gain deep and detailed insights about your organization. As you advance through the chapters, the book will demonstrate how to prepare efficient data models in the Power Query Editor and use simpler DAX code with new data modeling features. You'll explore how to use the various data modeling and navigation techniques and perform custom calculations using the modeling features with the help of real-world examples. Finally, you'll learn how to use some new and advanced modeling features to enhance your data models to carry out a wide variety of complex tasks. Additionally, you'll learn valuable best practices and explore common data modeling complications and the solutions to supercharge the process of creating a data model in Power BI and build better-performing data models. By the end of this Power BI book, you'll have gained the skills you need to structure data coming from multiple sources in different ways to create optimized data models that support high-performing reports and data analytics.

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Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs

This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the ins and outs of data modeling and how to create full-fledged data models using Power BI confidently. In this new, fully updated edition, you'll learn how to connect data from multiple sources, understand data, define and manage relationships between data, and shape data models to gain deep and detailed insights about your organization. As you advance through the chapters, the book will demonstrate how to prepare efficient data models in the Power Query Editor and use simpler DAX code with new data modeling features. You'll explore how to use the various data modeling and navigation techniques and perform custom calculations using the modeling features with the help of real-world examples. Finally, you'll learn how to use some new and advanced modeling features to enhance your data models to carry out a wide variety of complex tasks. Additionally, you'll learn valuable best practices and explore common data modeling complications and the solutions to supercharge the process of creating a data model in Power BI and build better-performing data models. By the end of this Power BI book, you'll have gained the skills you need to structure data coming from multiple sources in different ways to create optimized data models that support high-performing reports and data analytics.

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Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs

Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs

Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs

Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs

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Overview

This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the ins and outs of data modeling and how to create full-fledged data models using Power BI confidently. In this new, fully updated edition, you'll learn how to connect data from multiple sources, understand data, define and manage relationships between data, and shape data models to gain deep and detailed insights about your organization. As you advance through the chapters, the book will demonstrate how to prepare efficient data models in the Power Query Editor and use simpler DAX code with new data modeling features. You'll explore how to use the various data modeling and navigation techniques and perform custom calculations using the modeling features with the help of real-world examples. Finally, you'll learn how to use some new and advanced modeling features to enhance your data models to carry out a wide variety of complex tasks. Additionally, you'll learn valuable best practices and explore common data modeling complications and the solutions to supercharge the process of creating a data model in Power BI and build better-performing data models. By the end of this Power BI book, you'll have gained the skills you need to structure data coming from multiple sources in different ways to create optimized data models that support high-performing reports and data analytics.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781803245393
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 04/28/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 698
File size: 113 MB
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About the Author

Soheil Bakhshi is the founder of Data Vizioner and is a sought after BI consultant. Working in data and analytics for more than 20 years, Soheil’s experience lies in Microsoft BI, Data Warehousing, and Power BI platform. He possesses MSCE, MCSA certifications and is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional). He has a passion for sharing knowledge via his website and speaking at conferences and Power BI community events locally and globally. In following his desire for simplicity and efficiency, he is behind Power BI community tools and commercial products such as Power BI Exporter and Power BI Documenter.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction to Data Modeling in Power BI
  2. Data Analysis eXpressions and Data Modeling
  3. Data Preparation in Power Query Editor
  4. Getting Data from Various Sources
  5. Common Data Preparation Steps
  6. Star Schema Preparation In Power Query Editor
  7. Data Preparation Common Best Practices
  8. Data Modeling Components
  9. Star Schema and Data Modeling Common Best Practices
  10. Advanced Data Modeling Techniques
  11. Row-Level and Object-Level Security
  12. Dealing with More Advanced Data Warehousing Concepts in Power BI
  13. Introduction to Dataflows
  14. DirectQuery Connections to Power BI Datasets and Analysis Services in Composite Models
  15. New Options, Features, and DAX Functions
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