Embedded Analytics with Looker & Snowflake

Moogsoft: Embedded Analytics with Looker and Snowflake

Role: VP of Engineering

Overview: Provided customers with a reporting and dashboard interface.

Situation: Customers required sophisticated reporting and analytics capabilities within the Moogsoft platform to gain deeper insights from their AIOps data. A dedicated, embedded solution was needed to meet these demands and provide an alternative to a legacy platform.

Task: To design and implement an embedded analytics solution that would provide customers with a rich reporting and dashboarding interface directly within the Moogsoft product.

Action:

  • Integrated Looker as the business intelligence and data visualization layer.
  • Utilized Snowflake as the backend data warehouse to support the analytics capabilities.
  • Ensured seamless embedding of Looker dashboards and reports within the Moogsoft user interface.
  • Managed data pipelines from Kafka Streams into Snowflake using dbt for transformations.

Tech Stack Used: Looker, Snowflake, EKS, Kafka Streams, DBT.

Result: Landed several pending deals and provided an alternative for existing customers on a legacy platform to migrate.

Context: Providing robust embedded analytics was a strategic move to enhance the value of the Moogsoft platform. It empowered customers with data-driven decision-making capabilities, increased product stickiness, and helped secure new business.

Visuals: UI controls for agents deployed globally: Moogsoft SaaS Service Dashboard with Embedded Analytics