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Best practice: How to build data model with Excel
Hi
What's the Best Practice to build a data model?
Would like to build data model in Excel in order to use it on different Reports in PowerBI
Would like to use PowerBI online and PowerBI Desktop in parallel
5 Replies
ajourneyinto,
Why not directly build data model in Power BI Desktop, then create reports there and publish PBIX files to Power BI Service?
In addition, if you persist to build data model in Excel, what option would you like to use , Power query or PowerPivot? I would recommend you post questions in the following relevant forums.
Power query
Powerpivot
Regards,
LydiaHi Lydia
Building a data model in PowerBI Desktop sounds good, but
if I want to create different projects on this model, how can I resuse it in other PBIX?
Like a single source data model?
Wouldn't it be better to create it in Excel and then use it in both, PowerBI Desktop and PowerBIService?
additional questions:
how can I use an Excel file, located on Sharepoint or OneDrive in PowerBI Desktop?
It will only point me to the local drives...
the workarround I've found so far was to create the Reports in PowerBI Online and to export them as PBIX,
but also this doesn't work in all cases... why?
the idea would also be to create just one data model (as it might be complex) also for further use in other Excel Dashboards...
