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PBI_Rookie
Helper I
Helper I

Star Schema-Datasource

Hello All,

 

I have 3 tables being pulled from our database as views.  I have used the three tables with relationships between them for a bit and am now trying to make them a bit less clunky to work with by making a Star Schema. 

 

After creating dimension tables with keys back to my fact table I have created a monstronsity that loads significantly slower than my original tables. 

 

Ex: Dim_table with 800 rows will load the entire dataset from each source table. 

 

 

I read somewhere(can no longer find source), that there is a database side change that can be made to resolve this behavior. 

 

Any help is appreciated. 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@PBI_Rookie , if you bring in table in star schema from database with keys. It will work much faster

 

refer this : https://starschemaanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/08/creating-star-schema-from-single-table.html

 

In power Bi, it is a cost split. if you have a single key column in table(non numeric) you can have that, as long as it does not cause performance issue and force you have numeric key, that will increase load time.

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