Data Model

[Anonymous]

Hello Everyone,

I am working on my first Power BI project and need some help. I am converting a reporting from Tableau to Power BI. In on the datasources in tableau a custom sql is used and in other datasources tables from data warehouse was used. Can i model the data in powerbi between tables and custom sql(direct query)or i would need to use the tables that make up the query.

Thanks.

[vanessafvg]

this is where you put the custom statement

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Thanks for the feedback. My question is that in the tableau report, one datasource came from a sql statement. and other datasources were direct tables. How can I buid a model out of direct tables and sql statements in power bi? I hope that is clear please.

[vanessafvg · Accepted solution]

just add a new source as you did in tableau, do the same in power bi.  yes its completely possible  I really recommend you go through the basic power bi videos as the question you are asking is a fundamental.  it is good to go through some material to get yourself up to speed, as i did already answer the question so i am not sure what you are asking.  You can add as many sources as you need from  multple sources either the whole table or a statement issued against it.  Just get data -> add source

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K690u_FkL4A

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your help. 

[vanessafvg]

Imported models tend to be more performant  Not quite sure what you asking, your model can consist of sql tables or a sql statement issued against a database, just click in the advance section of the dialog box when you select your sql server / database.    You can do this in imported or direct query mode.  But imported would be my preference unless you have a lot of data.