Vijay Subramanian

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A blog about data, tools, and operating collaborative high performance cultures.

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Vijay Subramanian
Jul 14, 2025
Key Trends
The Data Analyst Role Is Under Threat

Exploring the third time the analyst role has come under threat!

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Jun 25, 2025
Product
The Power of Modeling the Business via Graphs

There is intrinsic power in modeling via graphs and relationships

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Jun 10, 2025
Key Trends
The Next Evolution of Data Platforms

Examining the evolution of data platforms from producer to consumer

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
May 20, 2025
Key Trends
The Disconnect Between Data and the Business

The strange way data tracking chops up the business into pieces!

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
May 9, 2025
Product
A Financial P&L Is The First Metric Tree!

Examining how the financial P&L statement is a classic metric tree!

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Apr 29, 2025
Key Trends
Principles in Serving Data Consumers vs Producers

Examining the key principles building for data consumers versus producers

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Apr 16, 2025
Key Trends
Metric Trees as an Evolution of Kimball's Modeling

Exploring metric trees as the next modeling layer, as intuitive as Kimball's

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Mar 27, 2025
Key Trends
The Fragmentation of Data Assets

Exploring why data fragmentation feels natural and how to arrest it

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Mar 13, 2025
Key Trends
Metrics Catalog vs Metric Layers vs Metric Trees

The key differences between metric catalogs, layers and trees

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Mar 4, 2025
Data Culture
Data's Role in Ideation vs Operation

Formalizing the eternal debate on data-driven versus using judgement

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Feb 26, 2025
General
Two Distinct Personas in Last Mile Data Consumption

Addressing the needs for the two distinct personas who consume data

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Feb 11, 2025
Key Trends
BI Tools as Interfaces for Exports?

Why BI tools are becoming UIs for exporting datasets

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Jan 21, 2025
Key Trends
Data as a "Digital Twin" of the Business

How metric trees can map a digital twin of the business process

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Dec 23, 2024
Key Trends
Software vs Analytics Development Lifecycle

Examining the differences between software and analytics development

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Dec 12, 2024
Key Trends
Next Frontier in Data Modeling

Modeling metrics in the next frontier to streamline data consumption

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Nov 29, 2024
Key Trends
Automating a Data Analyst = Achieving AGI?

Exploring if truly automating analysis is akin to achieving AGI

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Nov 13, 2024
Product
The Future of Analytics is Metrics-First

Arguing why the future of analytics is a metrics-first operating system

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian
Oct 31, 2024
Product
Types of Metric Connections

Exploring the 3 types of connections in modeling metric trees

Vijay Subramanian
Vijay Subramanian