Warehouse logic · Context and connections
Which BI tools import metrics from your warehouse?
8 of 15 tools do, according to their public docs, and 2 partly.
Yes: Databricks, Snowflake, Omni, Hex, Sigma, Looker, Tableau, Mode. Partly: BigQuery, Power BI.
The question we asked: Can it use metric definitions you already maintain outside the tool?
Grading standard
The product consumes definitions you already maintain in dbt, Cube or Snowflake semantic views, instead of requiring you to rebuild them here.
Databricks
Yes
Quoted from Databricks’s docsQuery metric views from SQL editors, notebooks, dashboards, Genie Agents, and alerts.
Source: docs.databricks.com/aws/en/uc-semantics/metric-views · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Snowflake
Yes
Quoted from Snowflake’s docsThis preserves the business logic you’ve already built in Power BI, including metric definitions, table relationships, and column descriptions, and makes it available to Cortex Analyst and other Snowflake tools.
Source: docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/views-semantic/power-bi-ingestion · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Omni
Yes
Quoted from Omni’s docsYou keep your semantic definitions in one place — Snowflake — and explore and visualize them in Omni.
Source: docs.omni.co/connect-data/snowflake-semantic-views · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Hex
Yespreview
Quoted from Hex’s docsThis gives you flexibility to either author models natively in Hex or bring in definitions from tools like Cube, dbt MetricFlow, or Snowflake Semantic Views.
Source: learn.hex.tech/docs/connect-to-data/semantic-models/intro-to-semantic-models · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Sigma
Yes
Quoted from Sigma’s docsSigma supports dbt Semantic Layer integrations, allowing you to leverage your predefined dbt metrics in Sigma workbooks.
Source: help.sigmacomputing.com/docs/configure-a-dbt-semantic-layer-integration · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
BigQuery
Partly
Quoted from BigQuery’s docsCreate BigQuery custom glossary terms for each agent or import business glossary terms from Knowledge Catalog.
Source: docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/conversational-analytics · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Looker
Yespreview
Quoted from Looker’s docsLooker integrates with in-database analytic models, such as BigQuery Graph and Snowflake semantic views, so that you can keep your semantic definitions consistent across Looker and other BI tools, applications, or workloads that interface with your data warehouse.
Source: cloud.google.com/looker/docs/analytic-models · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Gemini
Tableau
Yes
Quoted from Tableau’s docsdbt Semantic Layer
Source: help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/to_sync_local_data.htm · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Power BI
Partly
Quoted from Power BI’s docsPower BI supports only the following third-party semantic models:
Source: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/semantic-models-third-party · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Mode
Yes
Quoted from Mode’s docsThis connection will surface all available metrics to query.
Source: mode.com/help/articles/semantic-layer-integrations · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Metabase
Alteryx
MotherDuck
Redshift
Streamlit