You're reading from Data Modeling with Microsoft Excel Model and analyze data using Power Pivot, DAX, and Cube functions

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803240282

Length 316 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

DAX

Tools

Excel

Concepts

Data Analysis

Author (1):

Bernard Obeng Boateng

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Overview and Introduction to Data Modeling in Microsoft Excel

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Data Modeling – Overview and Importance FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Data Structuring for Data Models – What’s the best way to layout your data?

4. Chapter 3: Preparing Your Data for the Data Model – Cleaning and Transforming Your Data Using Power Query

5. Chapter 4: Data Modeling with Power Pivot – Understanding How to Combine and Analyze Multiple Tables Using the Data Model

6. Part 2: Creating Insightful Calculations from your Data Model using DAX and Cube Functions

7. Chapter 5: Creating DAX Calculations from Your Data Model – Introduction to Measures and Calculated Columns

8. Chapter 6: Creating Cube Functions from Your Data Model – a Flexible Alternative to Calculations in Your Data Model

9. Part 3: Putting it all together with a Dashboard

10. Chapter 7: Communicating Insights from Your Data Model Using Dashboards – Overview and Uses

11. Chapter 8: Visualization Elements for Your Dashboard – Slicers, PivotCharts, Conditional Formatting, and Shapes

12. Chapter 9: Choosing the Right Design Themes – Less Is More with Colors

13. Chapter 10: Publication and Deployment – Sharing with Report Users

14. Index

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The chapter introduced you to Power Pivot, the main authoring tool or environment for data modeling in Excel. You have now learned some of the key features in Power Pivot that can help you view all your tables in Diagram View, create relationships between tables, and add calculated columns.

We also covered how we can use Power Pivot to create and modify calendar tables for our data model. You now understand the key differences between dimension and fact tables and the role of primary and foreign keys in creating relationships in the data model.

In the next chapter, we will get hands-on with some DAX measures. The chapter will introduce you to some useful DAX functions and help you master syntax in creating powerful formulas in your data model.

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