Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Get the best out of Power BI by building optimized data models for reporting and business needs

This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the ins and outs of data modeling and how to create data models using Power BI confidently.

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.

In this book, you'll explore how to use data modeling and navigation techniques to define relationships and create a data model before defining new metrics and performing custom calculations using modeling features. As you advance through the chapters, the book will demonstrate how to create full-fledged data models, enabling you to create efficient data models and simpler DAX code with new data modeling features. With the help of examples, you'll discover how you can solve business challenges by building optimal data models and changing your existing data models to meet evolving business requirements. 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.
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 reporting and data analytics.

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Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Get the best out of Power BI by building optimized data models for reporting and business needs

This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the ins and outs of data modeling and how to create data models using Power BI confidently.

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.

In this book, you'll explore how to use data modeling and navigation techniques to define relationships and create a data model before defining new metrics and performing custom calculations using modeling features. As you advance through the chapters, the book will demonstrate how to create full-fledged data models, enabling you to create efficient data models and simpler DAX code with new data modeling features. With the help of examples, you'll discover how you can solve business challenges by building optimal data models and changing your existing data models to meet evolving business requirements. 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.
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 reporting and data analytics.

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Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Get the best out of Power BI by building optimized data models for reporting and business needs

Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Get the best out of Power BI by building optimized data models for reporting and business needs

Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Get the best out of Power BI by building optimized data models for reporting and business needs

Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Get the best out of Power BI by building optimized data models 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 data models using Power BI confidently.

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.

In this book, you'll explore how to use data modeling and navigation techniques to define relationships and create a data model before defining new metrics and performing custom calculations using modeling features. As you advance through the chapters, the book will demonstrate how to create full-fledged data models, enabling you to create efficient data models and simpler DAX code with new data modeling features. With the help of examples, you'll discover how you can solve business challenges by building optimal data models and changing your existing data models to meet evolving business requirements. 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.
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 reporting and data analytics.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781800203174
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 06/11/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 612
File size: 66 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 modelling 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 Shema and Data Modeling Common Best Practices
  10. Advanced Data Modeling Techniques
  11. Row Level Security
  12. Extra Options and Features Available for Data Modeling
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