55163A - Preparing Your Data for Power BI

Overview

Duration: 2 days

This course is designed to introduce the participant to SQL Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) Tabular mode, data modeling, and DAX.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Understand Analysis Services Installation and Architecture: One Product, Two Models.
Understand version changes: SQL Server Analysis Services.
Understand important terms.
Understand and utilize SQL Server Data Tools for Tabular.
Understand and utilize projects.
Understand and utilize importing.
Understand and utilize loading data.
Understand and utilize examining views.
Understand and utilize deployment.
Understand and utilize data sources.
Understand and utilize data credentials.
Understand and utilize SQL as a source.
Understand and utilize Excel as a source.
Understand and utilize Flat Files as a source.
Understand and utilize Azure as a source.
Understand and utilize SharePoint as a source.
Understand and utilize sorting during load.
Understand querying with MDX.
Understand and utilize DAX syntax.
Understand and utilize DAX data types and operator overloading.
Understand and utilize DAX operators.
Understand and utilize DAX values.
Understand and utilize measures.
Understand and utilize calculated columns.
Understand evaluation contexts.
Understand and utilize date calculations.
Understand and utilize importing related tables.
Understand and utilize creating relationships.
Understand and utilize hierarchies.
Understand Direct Query.
Understand and utilize KPIs.
Understand drill through.
Understand perspectives.
Understand and utilize PowerPivot.
Understand and utilize Pivot Tables.
Understand and utilize Power View.

Audience

The course is targeted towards business analysts, business intelligence developers, and SQL Professionals

Content

Module 1: Course Overview

This module explains how the class will be structured and introduces course materials and additional administrative information.

Lessons

Introduction
Course Materials
Facilities
Prerequisites
What We'll Be Discussing

Lab : Course Overview

None

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Successfully log into their virtual machine.
Have a full understanding of what the course intends to cover.

Module 2: What is the Tabular Model

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) provides two different approaches for data modeling: multidimensional and tabular. While there is substantial overlap between them, there are also significant differences. In this module, we discuss feature comparisons and explain each approach, then we’ll dive deeper into the tabular model as that is the focus for this course.

Lessons

Analysis Services Installation and Architecture: One Product, Two Models
Version Changes: SQL Server Analysis Services
Important Terms
SQL Server Data Tools for Tabular

Lab : What is the Tabular Model

SQL Server Data Tools for Tabular

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand Analysis Services Installation and Architecture: One Product, Two Models.
Understand version changes: SQL Server Analysis Services.
Understand important terms.
Understand and utilize SQL Server Data Tools for Tabular.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of SQL Server

Certification

This course is not associated with any Certification.

Schedule

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