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A semantic layer is vital in empowering business folks—not just data scientists—to find and use relevant information, writes Dr. Barry Devlin, one of the foremost authorities on business insight and one of the founders of data warehousing.
Beyond just the baseline benefits to self-service and BI initiatives, what makes up a semantic layer and how can you put it into action?
Dr. Devlin answers these questions and more in the following paper, introducing:
- The importance of context-setting information
- 4 semantic layer lessons learned
- 6 key characteristics of a semantic layer
- And more