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robinHH
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Multiple views or one view for Fact and Dimension Tables in SQL Server as Data Source?

Dear Power BI Community,

 

I have kind of a data-mart in SQL Server which I use to connect the data to Tabular in Visual Studio. For the connection views are created in the database for felxibility reasons. Within the data-mart are several shared dimensions such as DimDate which are used for multiple Tabular Projects in Visual Studio.

 

My question: Let's take tabular a and tabular b as example tabular models which use the view DimDate as a data source. Would you create one view "DimDate" or would you systematically create one view for every datasource such as "DimDateTabular1" and "DimDateTabular2"?

I am looking forward to your opinion and your arguments.

Kind regards,
Robin

 

 

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amitchandak
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@robinHH , Is the question for Power BI Data model or SSAS or AAS model ?

@amitchandak , thank you for the reply.

In my opinion the question is similar for all three technologies. So the question is more about architecture best practices in general.

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