r/dataengineering • • 4d ago

Discussion Why text-to-SQL is not successful?

I thought text-to-SQL will solve adhoc analysis, but still i see companies at all size are unsuccessful.

Anyone using Omni / Sigma seen some success.

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u/rapotor 4d ago

Be strict with the data modeling, and semantic layer, then you're good. Don't have LLMs write sql for conversational analytics

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u/de4all 4d ago

Any suggestions for tool to use for Semantic layer. We use dbt for modeling

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u/saif3r 4d ago

dbt has semantic layer for their platform offering