Building a Metric Store for Consistent Data Analytics

Explore the journey of building a Metric Store at Databricks in this 34-minute conference talk. Discover how the Data Team tackled the challenge of aligning metrics across the organization, ensuring consistency and eliminating endless cycles of reconciliation. Learn about the motivations, technical challenges, and solutions that led to the creation of a world-class Data Warehouse. Gain insights into the main capabilities built directly into the Metric Store, including ML-based forecasting, AI-based anomaly detection, and automatic explainability. Understand how these features work and how you can implement similar solutions in your own organization. Presented by Bruce Wong, Head of Data Platform, and Zubair Anwar, Director of Data Science at Databricks, this practical talk offers valuable lessons for data professionals looking to streamline their metrics management and enhance their data operations.