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Published inApr 2023
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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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Introduction to Dataflows

In the previous chapter, we learned some more advanced data modeling techniques that are more related to data warehousing: dealing with SCDs and degenerate dimensions. This chapter briefly introduces Dataflows, another available feature in the Power BI platform that can become handy in real-world scenarios. To get the best out of Dataflows, we need to pay attention to numerous technicalities that directly impact our design and implementation, such as the storage mechanism and licensing details making it virtually impossible to cover all in a single chapter. So, this chapter is designed to cover the basics and help you to build robust building blocks for your learning journeys. This chapter covers the following areas:

  • Scenarios for using Dataflows
  • Dataflow terminology
  • Create Dataflows
  • Export/import Dataflows
  • No-code/low-code experience in Dataflows
  • Introduction to composite models
  • Query plans in Dataflows
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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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