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Published inApr 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803246246
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Soheil Bakhshi
Soheil Bakhshi
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Soheil Bakhshi

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.
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This chapter taught us some common best practices for working with Star Schema and data modeling. We learned how to implement many-to-many relationships. We also learned how and when to use bidirectional relationships. Then we looked at disabled relationships and how we can programmatically enable them. We also learned about config tables and how they can help us with our data visualization. We then discussed why and when we should avoid using calculated columns. Next, we looked at some techniques to organize the data model. Finally, we learned how we could reduce the model size by disabling the Auto date/time for new files feature in Power BI Desktop.

In the next chapter, Advanced Modeling Techniques, we will discuss some exciting data modeling techniques that can boost our Power BI model performance while creating complex models. See you there.

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Published in: Apr 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803246246

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Soheil Bakhshi

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.
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