In 2021, semantic layers took the data world by storm—it felt like they came out of nowhere, then everyone was talking about them. Since then, companies have been built (and some have failed) on the promise of the semantic layer, blog posts have debated their rise and fall, and data teams are still left wondering: was it all just hype, or are semantic layers truly the next big thing in data? In this talk, I'll explore the evolution of the semantic layer and answer the burning question: Is it here to stay, or is it just a passing trend?

Speaker: Katie Hindson Head of Product and Data Lightdash

Read the blog to learn about the latest dbt Cloud features announced at Coalesce, designed to help organizations embrace analytics best practices at scale https://www.getdbt.com/blog/coalesce-2024-product-announcements

Eric will share the team's experience with dbt and tell the development story of bringing Workday FinOps cost analysis to cloud engineers and stakeholders. He will describe how the team is using dbt, Trino and Lightdash to build a new data platform that is now a key part of their data-driven business decision process in multiple organizations within Workday. Plus, he'll show how they created a secure, efficient, and scalable platform — through dbt governance features — to drive those successful data projects.

Speakers: Eric Pu Senior Software Engineer Workday

Pattabhi Nanduri FinOps Data Engineer Workday

Read the blog to learn about the latest dbt Cloud features announced at Coalesce, designed to help organizations embrace analytics best practices at scale https://www.getdbt.com/blog/coalesce-2024-product-announcements