4 minute read · April 8, 2025

Unlocking the Power of AI-Enabled Semantic Search in Dremio

Isha Sharma

Isha Sharma · Director of Product @ Dremio

Organizations generate vast amounts of data, spanning multiple sources, tables, views, and scripts. Traditional keyword-based search methods often fall short, returning irrelevant results and making data discovery and exploration difficult and time consuming. With AI-Enabled Semantic Search, discovering relevant data to help answer questions and solve business problems becomes intuitive, simple, and quick.

AI-Enabled Search for Smarter Data Discovery

Dremio’s AI-Enabled Semantic Search makes it simple for users to discover existing data assets and more across an enterprise’s entire data estate using plain business language—no SQL or technical expertise needed. This powerful feature reduces data discovery time from days to seconds, even within complex data environments. Faster data discovery significantly accelerates AI and analytics initiatives.

Dremio’s AI-Enabled Semantic Search enhances the data discovery experience by going beyond simple text matching. By taking semantics such as wikis, tags and column names into account, this feature intelligently interprets search queries and retrieves results across multiple object types, including:

  • Sources
  • Folders
  • Tables in Dremio catalogs and external sources
  • Views in external sources, catalogs, and spaces
  • User-defined functions (UDFs)
  • Reflections
  • Scripts
  • Jobs

You can specify the context in which you want to search and the type of object you’re looking for by using the in: and type: syntax. You can further filter down results by owner or when the object was modified, which further enhances the relevance of the results being returned in context to your business problem. With semantic search, users can find what they need faster, whether they are searching for a specific table, exploring datasets, or looking up past queries.

AI-Enabled Semantic Search significantly enhances efficiency and decision-making by enabling users to:

  • Discover relevant data faster, reducing time spent searching reducing the dependency on data teams.
  • Enhance collaboration with more accessible datasets, scripts, jobs, and functions.
  • Drive better business insights with faster access to high-quality data.

By integrating AI into search functionality, organizations can unlock deeper insights without the friction of traditional search limitations.

Transforming Data Discovery with AI

Dremio’s AI-enabled semantic search is a game-changer for organizations looking to streamline data access and maximize productivity. By harnessing AI and metadata intelligence, Dremio empowers users to spend less time searching and more time analyzing and deriving insights from their data.

Empower your data engineers and data analysts start their data product creation process quickly through easy data discovery using AI-Enabled Semantic Search. Try AI-Enabled Semantic Search today!

Register for our Spring 2025 Product Release Virtual event on April 29th with a deep dive into AI-Enabled Semantic Search in the Data Discovery with Dremio’s AI Semantic Search session on May 27th.
Ready to get started? Try Dremio for free today or contact our team to schedule a personalized demo.

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