Sifflet centralizes documentation for all your data assets, including DAGs, models, and dashboards. This makes it easier for teams to search, explore dependencies, and maintain strong data governance practices.

Great question! Inefficient SQL queries can lead to slow dashboards, increased ingestion latency, and even failed workloads. By optimizing your queries using best practices like proper filtering and avoiding SELECT *, you help improve data pipeline monitoring and maintain overall data reliability.

Data lineage is the process of tracing data as it moves from source to destination, including all transformations along the way. It's a critical component of data observability because it helps teams understand dependencies, troubleshoot issues faster, and maintain data reliability across the entire pipeline.

Sifflet’s AI agent, Sage, performs root cause analysis by combining metadata, query logs, code changes, and historical incidents to build a full narrative of the issue. This speeds up resolution and provides context-rich insights, making it easier to pinpoint and fix data pipeline issues efficiently.

Great question! Sifflet makes data accessibility a breeze by offering intuitive search features and AI-generated metadata, so both technical and non-technical users can easily find and understand the data they need. This helps break down silos and supports better collaboration, which is a key component of effective data observability.

Absolutely! SQL Table Tracer is designed with a minimal API and modular architecture, making it easy to plug into larger observability platforms. It provides the foundational data needed for building features like data lineage tracking, pipeline health dashboards, and SLA monitoring.

To stay on top of SLA compliance, it's important to define clear service level objectives (SLOs), monitor data freshness checks, and set up real-time alerts for anomalies. Tools that support automated incident response and pipeline health dashboards can help you detect and resolve issues quickly. At Sifflet, we recommend integrating observability tools that align both technical and business metrics to maintain trust in your data.

Yes, and that’s one of the things we’re most excited about! Sifflet empowers non-technical users to define custom monitoring rules and participate in data quality efforts without needing to write dbt code. It’s all part of building a culture of shared responsibility around data governance and observability.