Data Modeling in Sigma

Overview

Stop rewriting the same joins and calculations, and dive into well-governed, scalable analytics using Sigma data models.

Stop rewriting the same joins and calculations, and dive into well-governed, scalable analytics using Sigma data models. In this course, you’ll learn the when and why of data models in Sigma, understanding their unique abilities to increase performance, standardize calculations across an organization, and govern sensitive information.

We’ll explore unions, joins, relationships, metrics, parameters, and column-level security to create and share solid building blocks for analysis.

By the end of this course, you’ll know when to make a data model, and which features you’ll need to fit your use case. No more ad hoc joins, and no more user confusion.

Syllabus

Supporting sustainable insights

In this chapter, you'll learn about the core use cases for data models in Sigma. Using a data model, you can create custom data sources that are available to other Sigma documents in your organization. This will enable you to scale, govern, and maintain your team's insights, analytics, and apps.

Enriching tables with metrics and relationships

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to scale insights outside a single table using metrics and relationships. You'll build an example of each of these core data model features, and then see them in action in a workbook, so you can understand the impact first-hand. After learning about these features, you'll be able to provide calculations across an analytics team, and control join logic centrally from a data model while still offering flexibility to users.

Bringing it all together with parameters and security

In this chapter, you'll learn about two advanced data model features (parameters and column security) before carrying on to implement everything you've learned in one final example. Parameters will give you the ability to configure flexible filters on your models, and security will help you keep sensitive data safe. Then, by combining all the features and best practices you've learned up to this point, you'll get a chance to cement your mastery of scalable analytics.