Power BI Series Part 3: Data Modeling

What’s good, Techie fam? 🎉 We’re back with another banger in this beginner-friendly Power BI series! Today, we’re jumping headfirst into data modeling, the MVP of the report-building game. Think of your tables like a championship team-everyone’s got a role to play, and when they communicate right, it’s W's all day! 🏆
Here’s What We’re Covering:
✅ What makes a Fact Table different from a Dimension Table
✅ Building a Star Schema (and yes, we’ll touch on those Snowflakes ❄️)
✅ Setting up rock-solid relationships with one-to-many cardinality
✅ Fixing data errors in Power Query-no more many-to-many headaches!
💡 Pro Tip:
A clean data model is the key to Power BI greatness. Let’s make sure your tables are talking and your filters are flawless!
👉 Quick Question:
Have you ever run into weird issues with table relationships? How’d you fix them? Drop your story in the comments-I’m always down to hear about your wins (and struggles)!
🔧 What We’ll Use Today:
• Power Query for cleaning and transforming data
• Model View to define and visualize relationships
• Build Pane for slicing and dicing with style
🧑🏾‍💻 Who’s This For?
• Beginners just starting their Power BI journey
• Anyone tired of messy tables and broken filters
• Data geeks ready to level up their reports game
Keep the Learning Going:
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⏱️ Timestamps:
Introduction to Data Modeling: 00:12 - 00:35
Fact Tables vs. Dimension Tables: 02:29 - 03:57
Setting Up Relationships: 05:15 - 10:00
Star Schema vs. Snowflake Schema: 13:09 - 14:56
Adding Columns to the Date Table: 20:14 - 22:28
Testing Relationships with Slicers: 24:26 - 27:38
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