dbt Labs Open Sources MetricFlow: An Independent Schema for Data Interoperability

Data framework provider dbt Labs recently released as open source MetricFlow, a SQL generation tool that reinforces the dbt semantic layer via the Apache 2.0 license. The implications of this development span the furthest reaches of the data ecosystem.

It reaffirms dbt Labs’ commitment to the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) Initiative, an effort led by like-minded vendors such as Snowflake, Salesforce, Atlan and Alation, to create standards for exchanging data across platforms and tools.

Part of the open-sourcing of MetricFlow includes…