In a recent insightful webinar, Brian Bickell, the VP of Strategy and Alliances at Cube, and other leading experts explored the integrative capabilities of Cube and Steuper. We delve into the highlights and valuable insights drawn from this engaging session.
1. Cube: Powering the Next-Generation Applications
Cube is a universal semantic layer product that offers a solution to the "many-to-many data chaos." Boasting four prime pillars— data modeling, access control, caching technology, and APIs, Cube provides substantial benefits, such as data consistency, security, improved performance, stack flexibility, developer efficiency, and future-proofing. Positioned next to databases and data warehouses in the data stack, it streamlines data processes for organizations.
2. Role of Semantic Layer & Metrics
The discussion emphasized the power of the semantic layer and metrics. The new approach gives end users access to a metrics catalog built on the semantic layer, enabling users to perform their own BI and analysis in a flexible and controlled environment. They can explore and analyze metrics freely, creating visualizations and comparing various metrics. Cube and Steep's combination truly gives an organization the ability to build, publish, and work with metrics effortlessly.
3. Introduction to Steep
Steep is a modern BI platform built natively for the semantic layer. It offers reports that allow users to combine different blocks of content for creating documents. With both desktop and mobile app experiences, it integrates seamlessly with Cube, resulting in a well-complemented, cross-platform solution.
4. Johan's Demonstration
Johan demonstrated connecting to the Cube workspace in Steep and the process of accessing metrics and metadata. Users can flexibly explore metrics, combining different metrics and functions, breaking down dimensions, changing time grains, filtering, and more. He emphasized the report functionalities for various purposes like dashboards, monthly reports, deep dives, and analysis, along with the sharing and permission control features in Steep.
5. Q&A Session on Cube and Steep Integration
The Q&A session detailed the integration of Cube and Steep, implementing a 'metrics first' approach, and providing access to measures from cubes or views. Discussing the sharing of reports with external clients, the speaker explained the need for clients to be members of the Steep workspace currently to access the reports, with plans to introduce external roles or public links. While several features are still under consideration, it is evident that Steep is strongly inclined towards development to cater to the future needs of the industry.
In conclusion, this webinar presented a comprehensive view of the collective benefits of Cube and Steep, and how they act as instrumental tools in aiding organizations handle data in a more streamlined and efficient way. A recording of the webinar is available for those who missed it, along with a plethora of resources to learn more about Cube and Steep integration.
Thank you for joining this webinar session, and we look forward to continuing this enlightening conversation on our next webinar.