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Power BI SQL Server Integration

Connecting Power BI to Microsoft SQL Server | G Com Solutions
Rating: 4.1 out of 54.1 (93 ratings)
9,316 students
Created by Grant Gamble
Last updated 5/2020
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What you'll learn

  • Connecting Power BI to Microsoft SQL Server using both DirectQuery and Import modes

Requirements

  • Knowledge of the basics of Power BI Desktop

Description

In this Power BI training course by G Com Solutions, we will focus on connecting Power BI to Microsoft SQL Server using both DirectQuery and Import modes.

This hands-on course is aimed at beginner and intermediate users of Power BI, especially those with limited prior experience of working with SQL Server. All the materials used in these video tutorials can be downloaded, so that you can follow along as you watch. And during the course, you will get practice on connecting to both the on-premises and cloud-based versions of SQL Server.

The course starts with a walk through of installing the required software and exercise files and an overview of connecting to SQL Server databases.

We then discuss different strategies for connecting to data held in SQL Server databases: connecting to SQL views, executing SQL commands from within Power BI, as well using Power BI’s relationship columns feature to navigate and collate relational database tables.

We also compare the experience of importing data with that of working in DirectQuery mode and the different roles played by on-premises data gateways in each of those modes.

In addition, we will look at creating a live connection to an Analysis Services cube, parameterizing your SQL Server connections to facilitate switching from a testing to a production server, as well as the use of dataflows to centralize your data connection and data cleansing operations.

Who this course is for:

  • Existing users of Power BI looking to extend their knowledge

Course content

7 sections • 27 lectures • 2h 40m total length

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    00:03

  • 1. Installing SQL Server
    05:58
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  • 2. Working in Import Mode
    07:05
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  • 1. Query Folding and Native Queries
    08:26
  • 2. Using SQL Statements
    04:36
  • 3. Include Relationship Columns
    07:13
  • Summary of 3. Leveraging SQL
    06:31

  • 1. Working in DirectQuery Mode
    14:28
  • 2. Composite Models
    04:53
  • 3. Storage Modes
    04:31
  • Summary of 4. DirectQuery Mode
    04:58

  • 1. SQL Server and Dataflows
    08:14
  • 2. Parameterizing SQL Server Connections
    05:44
  • 3. Analysis Services Databases
    08:48
  • 4. Creating a SQL Azure Database
    05:55
  • 5. Connecting to a SQL Azure Database
    05:36
  • Summary of 5. Additional Functionality
    08:42

  • 1. On Premises Gateway Configuration
    06:13
  • 2. Adding a Gateway to an Existing Cluster
    03:45
  • Adding A SQL Server Data Source
    07:59
  • Summary of 6. On Premises Data Gateway
    03:12

Instructor

Grant Gamble
Developer, trainer and author
Grant Gamble
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 4,275 Reviews
  • 56,497 Students
  • 15 Courses

  Grant Gamble is an experienced IT trainer, developer, consultant and author able to deliver a wide range of training courses. He has a vast experience of delivering public and on-site IT training content at different skill levels, to groups of varying sizes. 

  His UK company G Com Solutions Limited provide IT training courses and consultancy to a wide range of UK and international clients. His speciality is running week-long, intensive training workshops on topics like Microsoft Power BI, VBA, web development and Adobe Creative Suite automation.

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