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MMJen
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ETL Data Load

‎04-28-2020 08:10 AM

Hi, I read and was recommended to avoid an ETL data load for a date table I created.  Any tips on how to do this?  
All very new to me. 
Thank you Jennifer

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parry2k
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‎04-28-2020 08:14 AM

@MMJen sorry not very clear what you are asking. Could you provide bit more context?



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‎04-28-2020 08:21 AM

Thanks for your reply, 

This was on a blog I read today on creating a Date Table

Date Dimension will be normally loaded once, and used many times after it. So it shouldn’t be part of your every night ETL or data load process.

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‎04-28-2020 08:24 AM

@MMJen I don't think it is a big deal if it is a part of ETL, it is very few rows, you can surely add Date dimension directly in Power bI using DAX or Power Query. There are many posts on how to create one directly in Power BI but honestly, I don't see it is a big issue having Date dimension from backend source. 

 

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‎04-28-2020 08:29 AM

Many thanks

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