Why Star Schemas Make Analysts Faster (and Happier) If you live in spreadsheets or SQL all day, the “one big table” (OBT) feels like home. Everything you need is right there: one row per thing, a column for every attribute, and no joins to worry about. It’s a great way to explore data fast—until it isn’t. This post explains, in plain language, why the star schema pays you back every day you analyze data, and how it keeps the speed you love without the headaches you’ve learned to live with.

Many #DataAnalysts get frustrated with #StarSchema, especially when they change the way they're used to slicing and aggregating their data. "I'm used to having everything ready to go in my visualization tool, this is so much harder, now I need to think about how all these aggregates work together,…

The Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli "You have my sword / and my bow / and my axe" meme, but it's "You have my T-SQL / and my Power Query / and my DAX"

This week on #TheDrillDown, our special guest @data-dragoness.bsky.social will be presenting a session titled "The Fellowship of the #StarSchema: Transforming #OLTP #Data for #PowerBI"

Data wizards, hobbits, elves, and rangers:
Join us LIVE on Wednesday, July 2nd at 2PM Central!
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Another case where life can be easy and crisp „if you have a well defined semantic model“ 😀

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"I'm not lazy, I'm efficient. -Patrick LeBlanc

"The best DAX is the DAX you did not have to write." -Marco Russo

@arcticdba.bsky.social's #DodgingDAX session is absolute fire, y'all.
#StarSchema #RochesMaxim #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #FabConEurope

🎥 Neues DOAG.tv-Interview 🎙️ Was ist das #StarSchema? Wo kommt es zum Einsatz? Wie wird es verwendet? DOAG Themenverantwortlicher für #DataGovernance und #DataQuality @ABuckenhofer fragt, der Schweizer Datenbankexperte @dani_schnider antwortet ➡️ https://scomp.ly/QNVyPRl

Data Modeling with Microsoft Power Bi: Self-Service and Enterprise Data Warehouse with Power Bi : Ehrenmueller-Jensen, Markus: Amazon.de: Books Data Modeling with Microsoft Power Bi: Self-Service and Enterprise Data Warehouse with Power Bi : Ehrenmueller-Jensen, Markus: Amazon.de: Books

Happy to announce, that my new book is in the stores! You can download the ebook or pre-order the printed book today at amzn.to/4cBCfXG
#PowerBI #DataModeling #StarSchema
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You’ll never guess what portion of the Day After Dashboard in a Day that @patrickdba is most passionate about! #StarSchema #PowerBI #MPPC2022