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How to Use a Semantic Layer to
Deliver Actionable Insights At Scale
Unlocking the value of your data with a Semantic Layer
Dataversity
Dave Mariani, CTO, Founder
July 26, 2022
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A semantic layer provides
the agility, consistency,
and control needed to
scale enterprise BI and AI
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BEFORE AFTER
Where does a semantic layer fit in the stack?
SEMANTIC LAYER
DATA CONSUMPTION
DATA MODELING
DATA API LAYER
DATA PREPARATION
RAW DATA
BI TOOLS AI/ML TOOLS APPLICATIONS
CLOUD DATA
WAREHOUSE
DATA LAKE
ENGINES
SAAS APIs
DATA
TRANSFORMATION
TOOLS
DATA LAKES
SAAS
APPLICATIONS
DATA
CATALOG
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How
to
Use
a
Semantic
Layer
on
Big
Data
to
Drive
Al
&
BI
Impact
©
2022
AtScale.
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rights
reserved.
How
to
Use
a
Semantic
Layer
on
Big
Data
to
Drive
Al
&
BI
Impact
©
2022
AtScale.
All
rights
reserved.
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The Semantic Model
➔ Business Friendly
➔ Single Source of Truth
➔ Consistent Governance
➔ Performance Optimized
The Value of a Universal Semantic Layer
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How is a
semantic layer
used?
CLOUD ANALYTICS OPTIMIZATION
Speed of thought analytics on live
cloud data, agile data integration with
minimal data movement.
ENTERPRISE METRICS STORE
Single source of governed enterprise
metrics that can be self-served from
any AI/BI tool.
BRIDGING AI AND BI
Common view of data assets and
platform for publishing AI-generated
insights to decision makers.
OLAP MODERNIZATION
Migrate legacy OLAP (e.g. SSAS)
models to modern cloud-first
infrastructure.
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Demo
Source
Systems
ETL
Tools
Data
Tables
Aggregates
Data Lake
S3
XMLA
JDBC
ODBC
REST
Spark/Hive
Spectrum
MDX
Python
DAX
SQL
Data Warehouse
Platform
Semantic Layer
TPC-DS 10TB Benchmark: Improvements with AtScale
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1. Elapsed time for executing 1 query five times
2. Elapsed time executing 1 (x5), 5, 25, 50 queries
3. Compute costs for cluster time (Redshift, Snowflake) or bytes read (BigQuery) for user concurrency test
4. Complexity score for SQL queries for number of: functions, operations, tables, objects & subqueries (AtScale = 258, TPC-DS = 1,057)
Test
Improvement Factor with AtScale
BigQuery Redshift Snowflake Synapse Databricks
Query Performance1
4x Faster 11x Faster 3x Faster 6x Faster 4x Faster
User Concurrency2
11x Faster 31x Faster 12x Faster 11x Faster 15x faster
Improved ROI3
3x Better 4x Better 16x Better 2x Better 6x Better
Complexity4
76% less complex SQL queries
www.atscale.com

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