Build Power BI the way it should work.
Four stages, from raw data to a report people trust. Each one gets its own chapter.
It starts scattered.
A CSV here, a database there, a spreadsheet called “final_v3”. Every source is written down with what it holds and who owns it, so nothing arrives by surprise.
Then the mess is cleared.
Profile it, clean it, shape it. Each step is kept, so you can see exactly what happened to the data.
It fits together.
One fact table, the things that describe it around it. Logic is written once, here.
And the report is the easy part.
Visuals read from the model, so every report agrees with every other one.
The same four stages, done properly.
Every guide on this site belongs to one of these stages, so you can learn in the order the work is done.
- acquire
Know every source
Each source gets its own documented home: what it holds, how often it changes, who to ask. Described with ICM, so people and AI agents read it the same way.
- transform
Shape it once, upstream
Cleaning happens before the model, in steps you can read back, not in a report filter nobody remembers.
- model
Make the model the product
A star schema, clear relationships, measures that explain themselves. This is where most of the effort belongs.
- report
Keep reports thin
Reports connect to the shared model and hold no business logic of their own.
Every claim has a source.
Each guide is built from public videos, with the teacher named and a timestamp link for every specific point. The Sources box at the end opens the exact moment, so you can check the reasoning instead of taking my word for it.
Learn it stage by stage.
Why a star schema?
One fact table, the dimensions around it, and the honest answer on speed.
- Getting a semantic model ready for AI model
- Working with Power BI project files and AI model
- Documenting a source so anyone can use it acquire
- Cleaning dates that disagree transform
- Measures that explain themselves model
- Making a thin report look finished report
Your model, looked at properly.
If the guides got you most of the way and you want a second pair of eyes on your own model, I can help with that too.
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