Cube integration

January 11, 2024·3 min read

We have partnered up with the good folks at Cube to bring you a powerful semantic combo. With the new Steep + Cube integration you can now connect Steep to an external semantic layer powered by Cube. Build your semantic layer with code in Cube, and publish your metrics to all your end users in Steep.

Nino Höglund

CPO, Steep

Cube

Cube is a powerful stand-alone semantic layer that enables you to build your semantic model in code and deliver it to multiple apps via a set of APIs and integrations. Teams choose Cube to get:

Central definitions in code powering multiple apps and embedded analytics
Ability to combine metrics from a wide number of data sources – from MongoDB to Clickhouse
Code-first data modelling, flexible apis, nice developer tooling

→ Read more at cube.dev

Steep

Steep is the modern BI tool built natively for the semantic layer and metrics. Steep allows you to ship your metrics catalogue to all your end users and empower them to work and collaborate together.

The platform comes with a built-in semantic layer where you define metrics using an intuitive UI approach
and now you can also connect to an external semantic layer with Cube.

Cube form

A seamless integration

The integration is designed to be smooth from setup to usage. Here’s how it works:

You define metrics using cubes and views in Cube, and connect them to Steep
Steep will under the hood switch to using the Cube API for generating and running queries
Otherwise, from the end user perspective, everything works exactly the same as with native metrics 👌

→ Read more in the help center

Data sources

Hybrid setup works great

Can I have both Steep native metrics and external ones at the same time? Yes you can, the two approaches works really great side-by-side. A hybrid setup can be useful for:

Easily migrating metrics from UI-based to code-based
Keeping core metrics version-controlled in code, and allowing analysts to iterate on newer metrics with the Steep UI

Join the webinar on Jan 16

Learn more in the webinar we’re doing together with Cube. We’ll be walking through setting up metrics in Cube and connecting to Steep, and we’ll be ready for all your hard questions 👍

→ Register here

The semantic stack

At Steep we want the semantic stack to work really well end-to-end, and so instead of creating multiple competing standards we are working toward making the solutions in the space work really well together. No matter how you choose to build your semantic layer, Steep will enable you to ship your metrics to your users and empower them to do their BI work together.

Stay tuned for more in this space.