Introduction to Unity Catalog Metrics - Define Your Business Metrics Once, Trust Everywhere

Learn how Unity Catalog Metrics solves the challenge of metric sprawl and inconsistent KPIs that plague modern organizations seeking faster, more reliable insights. This 32-minute conference talk from Databricks demonstrates how to unify business semantics across your organization by defining KPIs once and applying enterprise-grade governance with fine-grained access controls, auditing, and lineage. Discover how to use these centrally-defined metrics across any Databricks tool, including AI/BI Dashboards, Genie, notebooks, and Lakeflow. Explore strategies to eliminate metric chaos through central definition and governance while boosting trust through built-in governance features. Gain insights on empowering every team, regardless of technical skill level, to work from the same certified metrics. The session is presented by Amit Pahwa, Staff Software Engineer at Databricks, and Fuat Can Efeoglu, Sr. Staff Product Manager at Databricks, providing both technical and product management perspectives on implementing unified metric governance in data and AI workflows.