Hi! Yeah, you could use it as a simple business intelligence, we use Vega (https://vega.github.io/vega-lite) to create visualizations and it's kind of can visualize anything
As a current Looker power-user, this looks really solid.
One thing I’m not sure about though: can you use the metrics outside of the native tool, and if so how?
That is, I see Looker as a BI tool, not a metrics layer, since you mainly use the metrics you define inside Looker, not in other tools. On the other hand, something like MetriQL[0] is a pure metrics layer that can supposedly be used anywhere.
Is this both? If so, some better documentation around how to use the metrics layer would be helpful (or maybe I just didn’t look in the right place).
> One thing I’m not sure about though: can you use the metrics outside of the native tool, and if so how?
Cube.js is an open-source analytics framework so you could use it without MLCraft, of course.
> Is this both? If so, some better documentation around how to use the metrics layer would be helpful (or maybe I just didn’t look in the right place).
Yeah, we provide a tool and bunch of must-have features for the metrics store, but the query layer is still cube.js
> some better documentation around how to use the metrics layer would be helpful
we're working on the documentation and it will be published soon. Stay tuned.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 42.9 ms ] threadOne thing I’m not sure about though: can you use the metrics outside of the native tool, and if so how?
That is, I see Looker as a BI tool, not a metrics layer, since you mainly use the metrics you define inside Looker, not in other tools. On the other hand, something like MetriQL[0] is a pure metrics layer that can supposedly be used anywhere.
Is this both? If so, some better documentation around how to use the metrics layer would be helpful (or maybe I just didn’t look in the right place).
[0] https://metriql.com/
> One thing I’m not sure about though: can you use the metrics outside of the native tool, and if so how?
Cube.js is an open-source analytics framework so you could use it without MLCraft, of course.
> Is this both? If so, some better documentation around how to use the metrics layer would be helpful (or maybe I just didn’t look in the right place).
Yeah, we provide a tool and bunch of must-have features for the metrics store, but the query layer is still cube.js
> some better documentation around how to use the metrics layer would be helpful
we're working on the documentation and it will be published soon. Stay tuned.
Thanks for the reply! Ivan