Semantic Layer Archives

May 22, 2025 / 5 MIN READ

Building Enterprise-Grade GenAI Applications: Key Takeaways from Our Expert Panel

As organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI (GenAI) , one thing has become clear: enterprise-grade AI isn’t just about plugging in a foundation model and hoping for magic. It’s about building intelligent systems that…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

May 27, 2025 / 3 MIN READ

Why Is Power BI Slow with Snowflake? How to Fix Common Performance Problems

If your Power BI dashboards feel more like a waiting game than a real-time tool, you’re not alone. Many teams struggle with sluggish performance when connecting Power BI to Snowflake. Dashboards that should load in…

Posted By: Macaulay Parker

April 7, 2025 / 4 MIN READ

Snowflake Cost Management & Control: Best Practices for Enterprise BI Workloads

As organizations scale their Snowflake deployments to support enterprise-level BI workloads, cost control quickly becomes a top priority. While Snowflake’s pay-per-use model is powerful, it can lead to unexpected expenses when query inefficiencies and overprovisioned…

Posted By: Macaulay Parker

April 15, 2025 / 3 MIN READ

Connect Excel to Snowflake Without ODBC: Smarter Alternatives for Business Users

Excel remains a go-to tool for business users who want quick, flexible access to data. But when it comes to connecting Excel to Snowflake, the traditional route — via ODBC — can be a technical…

Posted By: Macaulay Parker

March 13, 2025 / 3 MIN READ

Excel + Snowflake: How AtScale Helps Bridge the Gap Between Data Warehouse and Spreadsheet Analysis

Despite heavy investments in Snowflake’s modern data platform, many business users still default to Excel for day-to-day analysis. The result? Stale extracts, inconsistent KPIs, and a frustrating disconnect between centralized data and the tools people…

Posted By: Macaulay Parker

March 6, 2025 / 3 MIN READ

Troubleshooting Snowflake Cortex Analyst: Why Your Results Aren't Accurate

Getting inconsistent or inaccurate results from Snowflake Cortex Analyst? You’re not alone. While Cortex Analyst’s text-to-SQL engine often boasts over 90% accuracy, real-world use cases frequently expose gaps in precision, context, and consistency. The culprit…

Posted By: Macaulay Parker

March 31, 2025 / 3 MIN READ

Building Trust in NLQ: How to Improve Cortex Analyst Results in Snowflake

Natural language querying (NLQ) has the potential to make data accessible to everyone — not just analysts and data engineers. But in practice, tools like Snowflake Cortex Analyst often deliver inconsistent or inaccurate results. That…

Posted By: Macaulay Parker

May 28, 2025 / 6 MIN READ

The 2025 Semantic Layer Summit: Why the Future of Analytics Starts with Semantics

Every year, the Semantic Layer Summit gets a little bigger, bolder, and much more urgent. And 2025 was no exception. As enterprises push the limits of AI, demand trustworthy analytics, and struggle with ballooning data…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

June 3, 2025 / 4 MIN READ

AtScale 2025 Product Announcements: A Smarter, Faster, More Open Semantic Layer

The 2025 Semantic Layer Summit was more than a virtual event—it was a product showcase for the future of semantic modeling. AtScale unveiled its most significant updates yet, delivering innovations that make the semantic layer…

Posted By: Brendan Peterson

June 12, 2025 / 7 MIN READ

What I Learned at Snowflake Summit 2025: AI Momentum, Cortex Insights, and the Truth About Semantic Views

I’ve been attending Snowflake Summits for years, and this year’s event was the most forward-looking I’ve seen. If you’re building for the future of data and AI, the 2025 Snowflake Summit felt like a line…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

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Building Enterprise-Grade GenAI Applications: Key Takeaways from Our Expert Panel

Why Is Power BI Slow with Snowflake? How to Fix Common Performance Problems

Snowflake Cost Management & Control: Best Practices for Enterprise BI Workloads

Connect Excel to Snowflake Without ODBC: Smarter Alternatives for Business Users

Excel + Snowflake: How AtScale Helps Bridge the Gap Between Data Warehouse and Spreadsheet Analysis

Troubleshooting Snowflake Cortex Analyst: Why Your Results Aren't Accurate

Building Trust in NLQ: How to Improve Cortex Analyst Results in Snowflake

The 2025 Semantic Layer Summit: Why the Future of Analytics Starts with Semantics

AtScale 2025 Product Announcements: A Smarter, Faster, More Open Semantic Layer

What I Learned at Snowflake Summit 2025: AI Momentum, Cortex Insights, and the Truth About Semantic Views