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RAGHard· Text-to-SQL· Vector Search· Data Architecture

The data team wants tables extracted into a warehouse f...

Rather than forcing a choice between a warehouse and a vector index, the architecture should be partitioned based on the nature of the user’s query. Lookup questions, which typically ask for specific row and column values, can be effectively answered by retrieving header-repeated rows from a vector index, which requires approximately 420 prefill tokens. Conversely, aggregation questions that require calculating properties across a column are better suited for SQL-based querying within a data warehouse.

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