DATABRICKS WEBINAR
What’s Behind Databricks Cost & Performance?
Databricks SQL Warehouses: turn System Tables into clear answers and a prioritized fix list
April 29 @ 19:00 CET (60 minutes)
FROM INCIDENT TO SOLUTION
Why We Built dCAT
When Databricks warehouses slow down or costs spike, the hardest part is explaining why, and turning existing signals into clear answers requires a time-consuming manual investigation.
Our team faced the same problem, so we built dCAT to streamline that process – linking Databricks signals into a repeatable investigation workflow.
In this webinar, we’ll show you how our dCAT solution detects the culprits behind Databricks SQL Warehouse performance issues and rising spend – and surfaces the queries that deserve your attention first.
HOW DCAT BENEFITS YOU
What You’ll Take Away From This Webinar
In just 60 minutes, we’ll walk you through the dCAT demo and show you how it helps diagnose the following Databricks SQL Warehouse incidents:
Performance forensics
Understand whether slowdowns come from queueing, heavier workloads, or inefficient queries.
Workload visibility
See which dashboards, jobs, and recurring query templates are actually driving warehouse activity.
Cost attribution
Identify the workloads and query patterns responsible for the largest share of warehouse spend.
Optimization priorities
Surface the query templates that are both frequent and expensive and should be fixed first.
All webinar participants also get access to:
Free Databricks SQL Warehouse Cost & Performance Assessment
A focused assessment to get answers on what’s really driving your warehouse performance and spend:
- Where performance bottlenecks come from
- How ready your data is to support cost and performance optimization
- Expert walkthrough of your results
Next step (optional): continue with implementation and turn insights into a working system.
Register for the webinar to access the assessment.
WHO’S TALKING
Meet Our Experts
SPEAKER
Tijana is a co-developer behind dCAT and holds the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate credential. She focuses on analyzing SQL Warehouse telemetry and building the models used to investigate performance regressions and cost drivers.
SPEAKER
Teodora co-developed dCAT and is a Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional. She designed the investigation workflows that connect Databricks signals to the queries and workloads responsible for warehouse incidents.
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