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Monitor & analyze BigQuery performance using Information Schema

In the exponentially growing data warehousing space, it is very important to capture, process and analyze the metadata and metrics of the jobs/queries for the purposes of auditing, tracking, performance tuning, capacity planning, etc. Historically, on-premise (on-prem) legacy data warehouse solutions have mature methods of collecting and reporting performance insights via query log reports, workload repositories etc. However all of this comes with an overhead of cost-storage & cpu.

Beyond Observability for the Modern Data Stack

The term “observability” means many things to many people. A lot of energy has been spent—particularly among vendors offering an observability solution—in trying to define what the term means in one context or another. But instead of getting bogged down in the “what” of observability, I think it’s more valuable to address the “why.” What are we trying to accomplish with observability? What is the end goal?

What Are Embedded Data Visualization Tools?

Data visualization is a core element and key capability of embedded analytics. Embedded data visualization tools create real-time visualizations (charts, graphs, etc) and can be embedded into any software application or integrated into a cloud or standalone app, and provides every user quick and easy ways to visualize information. This article explores the benefits of using embedded data visualization tools in your applications, and discusses how it can improve upon the traditional analytics experience.

Support Multiple Data Modeling Approaches with Snowflake

Since I joined Snowflake, I have been asked multiple times what data warehouse modeling approach Snowflake best supports. Well, the cool thing is that Snowflake supports multiple data modeling approaches equally. Turns out we have a few customers who have existing data warehouses built using a particular approach known as the Data Vault modeling approach, and they have decided to move into Snowflake. So the conversation often goes like this.

3 Use Cases for Embedded BI in 2022 to Enhance Your SaaS Product

As data takes the center stage for many organizations, data experts and business leaders are figuring out how to analyze it all. The total amount of data created, consumed, and copied globally has reached 64.2 zettabytes in 2020 and forecasted a CAGR of 19.2% from 2022 to 2025. In other words, we need better tools to leverage it! Organizations today leverage their data to provide better services, build better products, and create new revenue streamlines.

Elevate Gives Retailers a Powerful New Tool for Managing Supply Chains

In today’s world, retail customers expect things fast. They want their products on time and they want their orders not to be canceled. And when things go wrong, they want answers. To deliver that experience, retailers need to be able to understand at a granular level how their customers’ orders are moving through their supply chains. In this episode of “Powered by Snowflake,” Daniel Myers chats with Elevate Co-founder and CTO James Sutton about his company’s recently introduced retail operations platform that provides the analytics retailers need to evaluate and manage supply chain performance.

Why Google Cloud BigQuery for SAP Enterprises?

What is BigQuery and how can it help you gain new insights from your SAP data? In this video, Kevin Nelson, a Developer Advocate at Google Cloud, will demonstrate how to integrate your SAP data with BigQuery to help drive new insights across your organization and give more power to your data analytics users. Chapters: product: Cloud - General; fullname: Kevin Nelson;