Data Modeling with Paul Turley

Solutions for Challenging Power BI Data Modeling Problems
Note: This meeting is at 6:00 pm PST

We're excited to welcome back well-known Power BI expert Paul Turley. Data modeling is an essential skill in Power BI design and often requires creative solutions. Paul will discuss common challenges and demonstrate various modeling techniques that can resolve them.

You'll learn about:

• The essentials of implementing star and snowflake schemas
• Role-playing tables
• Many-to-many and bi-directional filters
• How to work without relationships
• Disconnected lookup tables
• Calculation groups

Paul will also discuss composite models, and what they mean for the future of BI data modeling.

Paul Turley is a Principal Consultant for 3Cloud Solutions (formerly Pragmatic Works), a Mentor and Microsoft Data Platform MVP. He consults, writes, speaks, teaches & blogs about business intelligence and reporting solutions. He works with companies around the world to model data, visualize, and deliver critical information.

He is the author and lead author of "Professional SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services" and 14 other titles from Microsoft Press. He holds several certifications including MCSE for the Data Platform and BI. Learn more: https://sqlserverbi.blog/about/bio/