# \#bi

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## [Self Service BI Tool with DBT Semantic Layer](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/self-service-bi-tool-with-dbt-semantic-layer/19672)

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**Author:** [@cassandrab](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/cassandrab)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/self-service-bi-tool-with-dbt-semantic-layer/19672 "2025-06-18T13:59:23Z")

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Hi there, We are building out our dbt Semantic Layer but we are looking for a BI tool to use with it. The BI tool needs to be geared towards business user self service where they can easily create tables and chart from …

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## [Migrating Tableau workbooks from Redshift to Snowflake](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/migrating-tableau-workbooks-from-redshift-to-snowflake/1019)

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**Author:** [@gnilrets](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/gnilrets)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/migrating-tableau-workbooks-from-redshift-to-snowflake/1019 "2020-04-03T23:55:38Z")

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For various reasons, my organization has decided to migrate our warehouse platform from Redshift to Snowflake. I am so glad we are currently using dbt because we’ll be able to build cross-platform SQL that we can run si…

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## [Best Practices on Deploying BI/ Reporting Tools](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/best-practices-on-deploying-bi-reporting-tools/331)

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**Author:** [@JoeNaso](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/JoeNaso)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/best-practices-on-deploying-bi-reporting-tools/331 "2019-05-07T22:06:54Z")

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Does anyone have guidelines/ best practices / resources around “deployment” of reports via Mode/ Looker/ Periscope/ etc? Mostly curious how teams are validating changes and testing, especially those that might be clien…

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## [Writing queries in a BI tool vs modeling them in dbt](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/writing-queries-in-a-bi-tool-vs-modeling-them-in-dbt/61)

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**Author:** [@mhmazur](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/mhmazur)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/writing-queries-in-a-bi-tool-vs-modeling-them-in-dbt/61 "2018-06-21T20:21:29Z")

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I recently asked a question in Slack about best practices around modeling and would like to continue that discussion here because there are still some things I’m still unclear about. To take a real-world example, I’m us…