Blogs

dbtLabs made several impressing new releases at the recent Coalesce 2023 conference. One of them is the dbt Explorer. This functionality allows you to have a clear and visually pleasing overview of your different dbt projects, all elements within them and the different access levels.

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In the wake of the public introduction of ChatGPT, the field of artificial intelligence is experiencing a remarkable surge. Complex and large-scale AI solutions are being unveiled at a rapid pace. However, amid this era of innovation, it’s essential to revisit the fundamentals. In this white paper, our focus is on stripping away the complexity [...]

A 360-degree customer view is a comprehensive understanding of a customer, achieved by integrating data from various touchpoints and systems, providing insights into their preferences, behavior, and needs. Challenges In today’s digitally-driven world, the ability to deliver a personalized and seamless customer experience has become a crucial competitive advantage for businesses. However, several challenges stand [...]

Notebooks are widely used in data science and machine learning to develop code and present the results. Databricks notebooks facilitate real-time collaboration with colleagues, creating data science and machine learning workflows in multiple languages with built-in data visualizations. // WHAT The various possibilities that Databricks notebooks can be used for: Developing code using Python, SQL, [...]

In one of our previous blogposts we discussed one of the most vital tools in the modern data stack, dbt. Once you have chosen to use dbt there are two questions that remains, which version should I use and what is the difference between the two? In this blogpost we will dive into the differences [...]

With this new feature, you are now able to remove all the filters you applied in just one click. You won’t waste time anymore with removing them one by one. // HOW The Clear all slicers button can be added in three ways: From the Optimize ribbon => Clear all slicers button From the insert [...]

This summer, the new feature Field parameters became available in Power BI. This allowed end-users to dynamically change the measures and dimensions being analysed within a report. It only supported scenarios where slicers or filter cards could control which fields would be used in different visuals. // HOW With the new update this month, you [...]

Since a few years, it was possible to use the function ‘Quick Measures’ to allow users to generate DAX instead of writing it by themself. It was a nice time-consuming function that helps a lot of Power BI developers. This month, Power BI came up with a new update based on creating measures. Quick Measure [...]

Built on shortcomings and possible improvement of other tooling in the market, Prefect is an open-source workflow management tool designed to orchestrate data stacks. With Prefect you can build, run, and monitor many different pipelines at a certain schedule. // Why There are two main reasons why orchestration tools have emerged: In the past, different [...]