GoodData, a cloud-based data and analytics platform, has launched FlexQuery, a key component of its business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform. This new tool plays a central role in GoodData’s vision for the future of augmented analytics and BI, building on the company’s commitment to providing powerful, open tools for data developers.

FlexQuery is a composable data service layer that leverages popular open-source technologies like Apache Arrow and Iceberg. It allows users to save costs through efficient caching, quickly transform and federate data, and build with the best open-source tools available.

Here’s what FlexQuery offers:

• Cost savings and performance improvement: FlexQuery optimizes query performance, reducing the load on data warehouses, which leads to significant savings in cloud data architecture costs.
• Better data accessibility: With built-in transformation and federation features, FlexQuery makes data integration easier across applications through SQL or APIs. It offers flexibility by allowing data to be materialized in memory or on disk, queried live from databases, or combined in different ways.
• Flexibility and openness: As a composable data service layer, FlexQuery efficiently handles large volumes of data. Built on open-source tools, it enables users to create tailored solutions using modular components for various data tasks.
• Simplified tool management: FlexQuery helps eliminate the need for multiple data tools by supporting not only traditional BI dashboards but also native support for Jupyter Notebooks and any Python-based machine learning tools.

FlexQuery now serves as the computational core of GoodData’s Analytics Lake, which integrates data, metadata, models, and reports into a unified platform. This makes it easier to create and govern analytics applications that can be accessed via various interfaces like Python, React, SQL, and more.

FlexQuery and the Analytics Lake concept represent the evolution of BI platforms, embracing the complexity of modern data development. GoodData now offers a powerful, flexible, and efficient BI platform that supports diverse analytics needs.