Analytics Best Practices: The Analytical Sandbox by Rick Sherman.
From the post:
So this situation sounds familiar, and you are wondering if you need an analytical sandbox…
The goal of an analytical sandbox is to enable business people to conduct discovery and situational analytics. This platform is targeted for business analysts and “power users” who are the go-to people that the entire business group uses when they need reporting help and answers. This target group is the analytical elite of the enterprise.
The analytical elite have been building their own makeshift sandboxes, referred to as data shadow systems or spreadmarts. The intent of the analytical sandbox is to provide the dedicated storage, tools and processing resources to eliminate the need for the data shadow systems.
Rick outlines what he thinks is needed for an analytical sandbox.
What would you include in a topic map sand box?