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Semantic Models And Metrics
Publish trusted business-facing entrypoints on top of technical transformations.
Use this guide when downstream users need reusable business definitions rather than direct table knowledge.
Inputs
- a trusted base model
- key dimensions and time grain
- metric definitions
- relationships to other semantic models
Flow
- choose the stable base model
- create the semantic model and default time dimension
- define metrics and relationships
- add pre-aggregations when performance matters
- test metric queries and attach the entrypoint to a data product
Query Flow
Verification
- consumers can use the metric interface without reverse engineering joins
- metric freshness is visible
- the semantic entrypoint is attached to the right product contract