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# BI Systems & Dashboards — Self-serve Analytics | Zentavor

> Self-serve BI on a single source of truth: decisions without waiting on the analytics queue.

Solutions / BI systems

Decisions without the analytics queue

Self-serve BI and dashboards on a single source of truth, so teams answer their own questions instead of filing requests
Power BITableauGrafanaTrinodbtClickHouse
−75%report prep time
10×faster queries
−40%manual cost
9:41
Metrics workspacesingle source of truthcertified
Finance · in production
31.4%
Gross margin
certified · gross_margin_pct
one definition · same number for every team
Certified metrics
Revenue · QTD$48.2M+8.1%
Gross margin · EMEA+6.2pplead
single source of truthin production
What we build

## BI on a foundation you can trust

Four capabilities on one governed semantic layer. Switch between them to see what each delivers
Metrics workspace
governed semantic layer · certified
Self-serve dashboards
Power BI, Tableau and Grafana on a governed semantic layer.
Single source of truth
Certified metrics so every team reads the same number.
End-to-end observability
OpenMetadata + Grafana across the data platform.
Managed analytics ops
Hundreds of production pipelines with high same-day closure.
Self-serve dashboardsupdated 2m ago
Revenue · QTD
$0.0M
+8.1% QoQ
Gross margin · trend
Margin by region
NA
EMEA
APAC
LATAM
Gross margin
0.0%
vs 30.2% target
Power BITableauGrafana
Single source of truthowner · Finance
Three teams, three answers, one certified metric
31.4%
certified · gross_margin_pct
(rev − cogs) / rev
Finance30.9%
Sales32.1%
Ops31.0%
End-to-end observabilityOpenMetadata · Grafana
Postgres
source
Event stream
source
Salesforce
source
dbt · staging
model
dbt · marts
model
ClickHouse
warehouse
gross_margin_pct
certified
lineage tracked · last run 4m0 incidents
Managed analytics opsin production
0+
production pipelines
same-day closure0%
recent runs
✓revenue_daily0.4s
✓margin_by_region0.6s
✓cohort_retention0.5s
✓refund_rate0.7s
…inventory_turnsqueued
✓ltv_forecast0.9s
The challenge

## Reports stuck in a queue

Today

Every question becomes a ticket, and answers wait days.
Conflicting dashboards report different numbers.
Manual prep and slow queries eat the reporting cycle.
No governance: metrics differ across teams and tools.

With Zentavor

Self-serve dashboards on a governed semantic layer cut report prep time by 75%.
One certified definition per metric. The same number for every team.
Trino, dbt and ClickHouse against modelled data deliver 10× faster queries.
OpenMetadata lineage + Grafana: every metric owned and traceable, −40% manual cost.
FAQ

## Your frequently asked questions

**
How is a single source of truth actually enforced?**

Through a governed semantic layer. Each metric (for example, gross_margin_pct) has one certified definition, a named owner and full lineage. Every dashboard reads that definition, so the number is the same whether it's pulled in Power BI, Tableau or Grafana.

**
Which BI tools do you work with?**

Power BI, Tableau and Grafana sit on top of the same governed layer. We don't lock you into one front-end. Underneath, Trino routes queries against dbt-modelled data in ClickHouse, with OpenMetadata for lineage.

**
Does our data leave our environment?**

No. The platform runs inside your perimeter, on-prem or private cloud, so source data and metrics never leave your environment.

**
How fast are queries at our data volume?**

Queries hit pre-modelled marts in ClickHouse via Trino rather than the operational database, typically around 10× faster than legacy reporting setups, with sub-second reads on common dashboards.

**
How long until teams are self-serving?**

We start with a handful of certified metrics and the dashboards that matter most, then expand. Teams stop filing tickets early: report prep typically drops about 75% as the certified layer grows.

**
What about governance and observability?**

OpenMetadata tracks lineage from source to metric, and Grafana monitors the platform end to end. Every metric is owned and traceable, so you always know where a number came from and whether a pipeline is healthy.
Let's talk

## Give every team the numbers

Tell us your stack and metrics. We'll scope a BI layer and the governance behind it
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