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Hi...
I have received 1 view table (MySQL) which has been joined from multiple tables and it has only 1 unique ID column. This view table is used to create reports...
1) Can I use the said view table immediately or do I need to create dimension and fact tables first? ...
2) If I need to create dimension and fact tables, what happens to the new data entered into those tables (front-end system)?
Thank you.
Regards,
NickzNickz_BI
@NickzNickz_BI , You should prefer star schema, In this case, try to bring that from the database, that would be better
check video 2 and 3 , in case you want in power query
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsAzTqSDVg&list=PLPaNVDMhUXGaaqV92SBD5X2hk3TMNlHhb
Hi @amitchandak ,
I will check the video and just to add more, I also have created a dataflow. Any comment or recommendation?
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