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Standardizing insights with the dbt Semantic Layer

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Overview

Hands-on lab · 2026

Learn how to build and consume governed metrics using the dbt Semantic Layer. You’ll start with a dbt project, define semantic models and metrics, validate logic and grain, and then confirm that metrics can be consumed consistently downstream to support a single source of truth.

After this lab, you will be able to:

  • Explain how semantic models and metrics support consistent measurement across teams
  • Define a metric and validate its underlying logic and grain
  • Demonstrate consumption of a governed metric in a downstream workflow (tooling-dependent)
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Session speaker

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  • Shania Thomas

    dbt Labs