The Analytics Power Hour
#190: I See Your Data Layer and Raise You a Metrics Layer with Benn Stancil
Apr 5, 2022
Benn Stancil from Mode joins the hosts to discuss the metrics layer in the modern data stack. Topics include challenges with model data and report tables, handling digital analytics data, managing metrics at large companies like Facebook, the importance of metrics in a modern data stack, challenges of building and adopting a metrics layer tool, connection between OLAP and Edgar Codd, normalization rules, and implementing a metrics layer in business intelligence tools.
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Quick takeaways
- A metrics layer is an essential component of the modern data stack to ensure consistent metrics and definitions across businesses.
- Building a metrics layer in-house can be challenging and may require proper governance and best practices to avoid metrics bloat and maintain data integrity.
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The Evolution of the Modern Data Stack
The podcast episode discusses the development and challenges of the modern data stack. The hosts introduce their guest, Ben Stansall, the Chief Analytics Officer and Founder of Mode. Ben shares his background and how his company aims to help data analysts and scientists with data analysis, visualization, and sharing. The conversation explores the concept of the modern data stack, its definition, and the need for consistent metrics and definitions across businesses. The discussion also touches on the difficulty of building a metrics layer tool in-house and the potential challenges of adoption.
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