An Open Semantic Layer with Cube

In the so-called “modern data stack”, there has been a proliferation of data sources and data consumers, as well as an increase in the demand for role-specific data applications. This creates the niche for a semantic layer: a component that enables universal access to data coming from any source organizes it into semantic definitions, and delivers it to every application.

In this workshop, we’ll have a hands-on experience with Cube, an open-source semantic layer (https://github.com/cube-js/cube.js), with a fully managed cloud platform (https://cube.dev). We’ll build an end-to-end semantic layer experience, surfacing the metrics from the data warehouse through a semantic layer all the way down to a BI tool, a data notebook, and a custom-built data app. We’ll also do a deep dive into Cube’s architecture and see how its data modeling, caching, access control, and API layers work.

You’ll build a complete understanding of what to expect from a semantic layer and how one would fit into your data pipelines.