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Model Data in Power BI

In this course, you’ll learn how to model data in Power BI.

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Part of the Data Analysis in Power BI, and Business Analyst (Power BI) paths.

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Beginner friendly
7 hours
Self paced
6 lessons
1 project

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Model Data in Power BI

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Course overview

Creating a great data model is one of the most important tasks that a data analyst can perform in Microsoft Power BI. The “Model Data in Microsoft Power BI” course teaches you how to create effective data models using DAX language (data analytics expressions) as well as other desktop features to build analytics solutions and improve performance using Microsoft Power BI query data retrieval tasks.

Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll practice and get feedback directly in the browser.

Key skills

Designing a data model in Power BI
Understanding dimensions, defining data granularity, and working with relationships and cardinality
Creating measures using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) in Power BI
Optimizing a model for performance in Power BI

Course outline

Model Data in Power BI [6 lessons]

Design a Data Model in Power BI - I 2h

Lesson Objectives

Design a data model in Power BI
Create a common date table
Configure table and column properties

Design a Data Model in Power BI — II 2h

Lesson Objectives

Configure many-to-many relationships
Resolve circular relationships
Define data granularity
Design a star schema

Creating Measures Using Data Analysis Expressions-DAX 2h

Lesson Objectives

Create calculated columns
Use DAX to build measures
Use the CALCULATE function to manipulate filters
Implement time intelligence by using DAX

Optimize a Model for Performance in Power BI - I 1h

Lesson Objectives

Review the performance of measures, relationships, and visuals
Use variables to improve performance and troubleshooting
Optimize performance and reduce the size of the model

Optimize a Model for Performance in Power BI — II 1h

Lesson Objectives

Improve performance by reducing cardinality levels
Optimize models with table level storage
Create and manage aggregations

Guided Project: Modeling Data in Power BI 1h

Lesson Objectives

Apply data cleaning and transformation in real-world situations
Apply modeling data to real-world situations

Projects in this course

Modeling Data in Power BI

For this project, you’ll act as an analyst at a company tasked with modeling sales data in Power BI. You’ll clean, transform and analyze the data to extract insights that inform business decisions.

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