From What to Why: Unlocking Key Driver Analysis in BigQuery with AI.KEY_DRIVERS (opens in new tab)

TL;DR: BigQuery has launched AI\.KEY\_DRIVERS in Public Preview\. By combining it with TimesFM-based AI\.DETECT\_ANOMALIES and AI\.FORECAST , you can now build a complete, zero-model-management analytics loop \(Forecast, Detect, and Root-Cause\) directly in SQL, executing complex multi-dimensional analysis with a 100x\+ speed-up compared to the multi-step contribution modeling flow\. If you have ever worked in data analytics, you know the dread of the “Metric Drop” alert\. Your Slack ping goe...