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Time grain

Time grain shows up across 1 course in 1 layerof the data platform stack. Here's where it's taught, a free way to practice it, and what to learn next.

Where it's taught

∿Semantic & Metrics Layer

Query Planning Over a Semantic Graph

How a metrics engine turns 'total_revenue by region' into a multi-join SQL plan. Join path resolution, the fan-out join trap, symmetric aggregates, aggregation pushdown, time grain resolution, slice-and-dice semantics, and why you cache a tuple, not a metric.

8 ch · 1h 41m

1 free

Related topics

↗aggregation pushdown↗fan-out joins↗metrics layer↗query planning↗semantic graph↗symmetric aggregates

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