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Cube README
Cube README, pinned to commit 71b364f; it routes readers through Why Cube Core?, Getting Started.
Our interpretation
Useful when you are building…
The README positions Cube Core as an open-source semantic layer for embedding analytics and provides a getting-started path, useful for building consistent metrics into SaaS products.
Observed in the source
Patterns and sections
Why Cube Core?
The pinned README includes a distinct Why Cube Core? route that helps readers understand the product or choose an implementation path.
Getting Started
The pinned README includes a distinct Getting Started route that helps readers understand the product or choose an implementation path.
Cube Core vs. Cube
The pinned README includes a distinct Cube Core vs. Cube route that helps readers understand the product or choose an implementation path.
Resources
The pinned README includes a distinct Resources route that helps readers understand the product or choose an implementation path.
Contributing
The pinned README includes a distinct Contributing route that helps readers understand the product or choose an implementation path.
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Adaptation ideas
What to apply to your own product
- Idea: specialize semantic models and embedded dashboards for one operational niche.
- Idea: offer a hosted metric API with usage-based access controls.
Tradeoff to consider
A semantic layer centralizes metric definitions, but adds modeling infrastructure between application data and charts.
Starting route
Model three core business measures and query them through a minimal Cube deployment.
Source and version
- cube/README.md at 71b364f9eb2aa59f08ca99d2ebdc117038db99ee · cube-js/cube · GitHub ↗https://github.com/cube-js/cube/blob/71b364f9eb2aa59f08ca99d2ebdc117038db99ee/README.md
Reviewed README at commit 71b364f9eb2aa59f08ca99d2ebdc117038db99ee. The linked file is pinned to that revision; the live repository may change.
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