The "Mapped Warehouse" Analogy
Why clean data isn't enough without a Semantic Layer (Metadata).
Undocumented DB (Baseline)
Documented DB (AI-Ready)
User:
"What was our MRR Churn Rate last month?"
AI:
"Scanning tables... I see 't1', 't2', and 't3'. I'm guessing 'amt' means revenue? I don't know the business logic for calculating 'Churn'."
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β 36% Accuracy | 2,259ms Latency
Database: `ecommerce.db`
t1
(col_uid, d_j)
t2
(id, a_id, p)
t3
(t_id, u_id, amt)
x_log
(x1, x2)
old_data
(...)
temp_2024
(...)
User:
"What was our MRR Churn Rate last month?"
AI:
"Reading Semantic mapping... 'Churn' = Subscription 'status' changing to 'paused'. Joining 'Users' to 'Subscriptions' via foreign key 'user_id'. Calculating..."
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β 93.4% Accuracy | 563ms Latency
πΊοΈ Semantic Logic Map Active
Database: `ecommerce.db` + Semantic Layer
Users
PK: user_id
Subscriptions
FK: user_id
Logic: Churn Def.
Transactions
PK: t_id
FK: user_id
Staging Log
Archive 2024
Temp Load