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The metrics onion

How Instabee Group decides which metrics to define centrally, plus five practical rules for your own data team.

By Natasha Ellis-Knight·Data culture

What is a semantic layer?

We cover what a semantic layer is, how it fits into your data stack and why it’s essential for AI analytics, plus the main types and how to tell if your team needs one.

By Natasha Ellis-Knight·Data culture

Intro to Steep

Join our live demo of Steep on September 9, or watch the recording for a tour of the platform and a look under the hood at the semantic layer.

By Janna Pollari·Events

Webinar with Daana

What it actually takes to build a data platform that holds up as AI moves from experiment to expectation.

By Janna Pollari·Events

Meet us at Snowflake Summit 2026

By Deanne Anderson·Events

Introducing Steep AI

By Nino Höglund·Product

A builder's guide to the Steep API

By Hanna Kjellén·Inside Steep

New in Steep: API – Metrics power anything

By Nino Höglund·Product

Define in code

By Nino Höglund·Product

5 key requirements for a successful semantic layer

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

Steep at Coalesce 2025

By Deanne Anderson·Events

More flexibility, better control

By Nino Höglund·Product

Put your metrics on the map

By Nino Höglund·Product

Sharper customization

By Nino Höglund·Product

Dashboards are dead - 3 reasons to go metrics-first

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

17 powerful upgrades

By Nino Höglund·Product

Smarter targets

By Nino Höglund·Product

New in Steep: Semantic graph

By Nino Höglund·Product

New in Steep: Entities

By Nino Höglund·Product

Slack Subscriptions

By Nino Höglund·Product

3 powerful ways to use pivot tables

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

Join Steep at Coalesce

By Deanne Anderson·Events

Reports Personalized

By Nino Höglund·Product

AI Chart Builder

By Nino Höglund·Product

The next chapter for Steep

By Johan Baltzar·News

Streamline your workflow

By Nino Höglund·Product

New in Steep: Cohorts

By Nino Höglund·Product

You asked for it!

By Nino Höglund·Product

Pivot tables, targets and more

By Nino Höglund·Product

Targets & BI - How hard can it be?

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

Why Semantic Layer is the next paradigm for BI

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

dbt integration

By Nino Höglund·Product

Cube integration

By Nino Höglund·Product

Filters in reports

By Nino Höglund·Product

Analytics for startups

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

Tables

By Nino Höglund·Product

When building a data culture - start with getting teams focused on impact

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

Why data leaders have the hardest job in tech

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

Search, caching and more

By Nino Höglund·Product

dbt MetricFlow - semantic layer 2.0

By Johan Baltzar·Data culture

How we ended up building a Notion for data

By Johan Baltzar·Inside Steep

Next-level analysis

By Nino Höglund·Product

The new Steep

By Johan Baltzar·News

Reports reimagined

By Nino Höglund·Product

Metrics catalog and joins

By Nino Höglund·Product

dbt integration and more

By Nino Höglund·Product

Team spaces, Help center

By Nino Höglund·Product

Demo mode, Mac app and much more

By Nino Höglund·Product

Rank, compare, custom templates

By Nino Höglund·Product

New edit mode, permissions

By Nino Höglund·Product

Announcing Steep

By Johan Baltzar·News