The Power BI model
The analysis in this chapter is based on the model below.
You can download the Power BI model for this chapter, 2.8 Personnel Planning.pbix
, from this link: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Extreme-DAX/tree/main/Chapter2.8.
Figure 2.8.1: Power BI model diagram for personnel planning
The model contains two main fact tables:
fProjectSales
contains projects sold. The primary information in the table is the project type, which is the main characteristic of a project. The table also contains aNumber
column, which denotes the size of the project in terms of the project type. For example, a project can have type A and number 3, meaning that the project is comparable to three typical type A projects. The table contains the project budget as well.fFTE
is a fact table with information about project types. It is an atypical fact table, as it does not contain any data that is strictly time-related. Instead, for each project...