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JrBIAnalyst
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Best practice for models using "between" relationships

What is the best practice for compensating for Power BI's lack of a "between" style relationship?

 

I'm working with tables in source systems that are intended to be joined based on a value in the fact table falling between two values in the dimension table. As designed, these tables are supposed be related by "Fact_Table JOIN Dimension_Table on Fact_Table.Date between Dimension_Table.Valid_From and Dimension_Table.Valid_To

 

Other than joining these to create one table in Power Query, what is the best practice for creating a relationship like this in the data model? 

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pratyashasamal
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Hi  ,
You can read these links :-
https://blog.enterprisedna.co/data-modelling-in-power-bi-tips-best-practices/

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-relationships-understand

https://www.powerbitutorial.org/tutorials/how-to-implement-date-tables/

Thanks,
Pratyasha Samal
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Thanks, @pratyashasamal. Unfortunately those don't really cover my question. They do a great job covering best practices of data modelling within the kind of relationships that Power BI was designed to accomodate. Unfortunately, Power BI wasn't designed to accomodate these range-based relationships, so this exiosting documentation doesn't address how to immitate that behavior.

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