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usuario112
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Hi,

i have like 50 tables in a database, my main idea is extracting specific data to make calculations from it but the problem is the data is spread in like 6 tables totally apart from each other, and other problem is i cant just mix those tables bcs they dont have a direct correlation to match their info, for example: i have the table user and the table career, the career just have an identification and career name and user just have their personal info and their identification so i cant prove wich career belongs to who.

 

what im asking for is wich can be a good practice to manipulate the tables (one table can easily reach 2m rows), do i have to create a new table through dax code? or just mix most of the tables i need or get the data through measures? i dont really know how to filter a lot of data from differents tables to get just one result (for example the user and his career) to later make calculations.

 

thx

  • Hey usuario112 ,

     

    do you have access to create views in the database? If yes, then this would be my preferred approach.

    Otherwise I would load the data in a dataflow and then you can do the operations there.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution βœ”οΈ and give it a thumbs up πŸ‘

    Best regards
    Denis

    Blog: WhatTheFact.bi
    Follow me: twitter.com/DenSelimovic

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    selimovd
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    Hey usuario112 ,

     

    do you have access to create views in the database? If yes, then this would be my preferred approach.

    Otherwise I would load the data in a dataflow and then you can do the operations there.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution βœ”οΈ and give it a thumbs up πŸ‘

    Best regards
    Denis

    Blog: WhatTheFact.bi
    Follow me: twitter.com/DenSelimovic