Unified and universal AI – informed by Cube
Connect to Cube's universal semantic layer and turn complex data into well-understood, consistent and trusted metrics for exploration, analysis and informed business decisions. Together, Cube and PowerMetrics are transforming the modern data stack for data professionals who want to deliver well-defined, universal metrics across all consumption endpoints.
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How to connect to Cube
See how to connect to any supported data warehouse - including Cube - and visualize your data as metrics.
What is Cube?
Cube is a universal semantic layer that centralizes complex data modeling and caching to serve multiple downstream applications. It lets data teams build once and consume everywhere—turning raw data into consistent, high-performance business logic that powers dashboards, AI systems, and analytics tools.
Why Cube teams need PowerMetrics
Cube excels at what it's built for: data modeling, performance, and consistency. But it's a developer-first tool. Without a powerful, user-friendly front-end, your beautifully modeled data remains trapped behind APIs and JSON queries.
PowerMetrics solves this friction. We're the human interface for your Cube semantic layer—turning your data schemas into a governed, AI-powered metric catalog that business users can explore and act on without writing code.
The Cube challenge and the PowerMetrics solution
| The Challenge | The PowerMetrics Solution |
|---|---|
| API-first complexity | Your Cube models are powerful but require technical expertise to consume. Business users hit a wall. |
| Performance latency | Generic BI tools don't understand Cube's pre-aggregations and multidimensional schemas, leading to slow queries and frustrated users. |
| User adoption friction | Non-technical users can't interact with Cube-defined metrics independently. Every question becomes a ticket to the data team. |
How PowerMetrics and Cube work together
Native Cube integration
We don't just "connect" to Cube; we integrate with it. PowerMetrics maps 1:1 to your Cube members, dimensions, and measures, ensuring the logic you built in your data schema is exactly what the user sees. No translation layer, no ambiguity—just your definitions, delivered with fidelity.
Enterprise-scale caching
Stop worrying about warehouse costs. PowerMetrics respects Cube's pre-aggregations and works in harmony with Cube Store. Repetitive business questions hit the cache, not your primary warehouse. Your cloud budget stays intact, and your users stay fast.
The body for your headless layer
Traditional BI tools were built for a different era. They struggle with Cube's complexity and force you to choose between power and usability. PowerMetrics was designed for a semantic-first world, making it the natural consumption partner for Cube's modeling power.
AI with semantic context
Our AI assistant doesn't guess what your data means. Because it's connected to Cube through PowerMetrics, it understands the relationships, time grains, and segments you've already defined. It's AI with a Ph.D. in your specific business logic.
Cube handles the complex data modeling. PowerMetrics handles the complex human questions. It's the perfect partnership for a data-driven organization.
For data engineers
Your work shouldn't be invisible. Stop fielding "can you build this dashboard" tickets. PowerMetrics brings your Cube models to life with a front-end that respects your architecture and empowers business users to self-serve.
For business users
Stop feeling lost in the data. Access a trusted library of metrics that are always fast, always accurate, and always backed by the data team's official Cube models. Explore trends, compare performance, and ask questions in plain language.
Benefits of the PowerMetrics – Cube integration
- Get data directly from Cube — No data is stored in PowerMetrics. Your Cube remains the single source of truth.
- Translate complexity into clarity — PowerMetrics turns complex data from Cube into business metrics everyone can understand and act on.
- Stay current automatically — Automatic updates align with data changes in Cube, so your metrics are always fresh.
- Protect sensitive data — Control access and ensure single-source-of-truth integrity with security features built into PowerMetrics.
- Combine and extend — Get a comprehensive view of your business by unlocking the value of metrics from your semantic layer for everyone across your organization.
- Discover with AI — PowerMetrics AI helps you visualize metrics and uncover trends you might otherwise miss.
