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Best practice data import and model
- 5 years ago
Anonymous , The first two things are Star Schema and Date table.
Prefer Single directional 1 to Many Joins. Avoid Many to Many and bi-directional join
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/the-importance-of-star-schemas-in-power-bi/
https://www.sqlbi.com/blog/marco/2017/10/02/why-data-modeling-is-important-in-powerbi/
Date Table
To get the best of the time intelligence function. Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view. Also, join it with the date column of your fact/s. Refer :radacad sqlbi My Video Series Appreciate your Kudos.
Performace :
https://www.thebiccountant.com/speedperformance-aspects/
Anonymous , The first two things are Star Schema and Date table.
Prefer Single directional 1 to Many Joins. Avoid Many to Many and bi-directional join
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/the-importance-of-star-schemas-in-power-bi/
https://www.sqlbi.com/blog/marco/2017/10/02/why-data-modeling-is-important-in-powerbi/
Date Table
To get the best of the time intelligence function. Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view. Also, join it with the date column of your fact/s. Refer :radacad sqlbi My Video Series Appreciate your Kudos.
Performace :
https://www.thebiccountant.com/speedperformance-aspects/
Thank you for your explanation.