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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).

[0] https://metriql.com/

Hi Michael,

> 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

Hi, i am cofounder of the project. If any of you guys provide us with a feedback about what to develop next, we'll appreciate that.

Looks very promising. That's a real problem for me and my company to create a single source of truth for the key metrics

Hi there! Could it be used as a business intelligence in the company? I see you support visualisations and dashboards

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

Looks very cool. I hadn't heard of Looker before but I love seeing OSS alternatives like this.

thanks for the feedback :)

Great to see more companies in metrics layer space, especially open-source

Looks promising! Good luck

Looks interesting

let me know if you have any questions

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