Introduction to Power
BI Datamart
September 26, 2023
Content
1. Data warehouse
a. What is data warehouse
b. Importance of data warehouse
c. Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)
2. Data warehouse vs Datamart
3. Power BI Datamart
4. Datamart Demo
What is Data Warehouse ?
What is a data warehouse
• A data warehouse, is a system that aggregates data from
different sources into a single, central, consistent data store to
support data analysis, data mining, artificial intelligence (AI),
and machine learning.
• A Data Warehousing is the process for collecting and managing
data from varied sources to provide meaningful business
insights. A Data warehouse is typically used to connect and
analyze business data from multiple sources. The data
warehouse is the core of the BI system which is built for data
analysis and reporting.
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Importance of data warehouse
• Designed to help organizations make sense of their data and
use it to make better decision.
• Easy access to data
• Better data analysis
• It helps eliminating the reporting load from the transactional
databases.
• Centralized data storage making it easier to protect data from
cyber threats (make it easier to control access and
permissions).
Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)
Gather data from a Clean and Load the data into a
variety of sources. transform the data destination.
Data Warehouse
vs
Datamart
What is a Datamart
• It is a smaller, more focused version of a data warehouse.
• Designed to provide specific, targeted information to a
specific group within an organization.
• Example: Orion Datamart
Specialized, collection of books tailored to the needs of a specific group of students
Check our understanding ?
What is Power BI Datamart
• It is a self-service analytics solutions, enabling users to store
and explore data that is loaded in a fully managed database.
• It provides a simple and optionally no-code experience to
ingest data from different data sources, extract, transform
and load (ETL). It is fully managed and requires no tuning or
optimization.
• It automatically generates a dataset, which can be used to
create Power BI reports and dashboards.
Features of Power BI Datamart
• 100% web-based, no other software required.
• A no-code experience resulting in a fully managed datamart.
• Automated performance tuning.
• Built-in SQL Query editor for ad-hoc analysis.
• Support for SQL and other popular client tools.
• Included with Power BI Premium capacities.
When to use datamarts
• It is recommended for those who need domain oriented,
decentralized data ownership, such as users who need data
as a product or a self-service data platform
(Departmental/region/country self-service data)
• Relational database analytics with Power BI: Access a
datamart’s data using external SQL clients.
• Combining data from multiple sources, Sharing across
departmental, organizational or specific group boundaries.
Datamart Demo
Demo Sources
• Kobo
• ActivityInfo
• RIDL
• OneDrive
• Orion Datamart
Q&A
