{"id":15972,"date":"2021-09-18T00:35:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T19:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/?p=15972"},"modified":"2021-12-16T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:06:09","slug":"how-to-build-a-strong-foundation-for-self-service-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/technology\/how-to-build-a-strong-foundation-for-self-service-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build a strong foundation for self-service analytics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way organizations embrace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/information-technology\/glossary\/self-service-analytics#:~:text=Self%2DService%20Analytics%20is%20a,own%2C%20with%20nominal%20IT%20support.\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">self-service analytics<\/span><\/a> to help them enables their sales and marketing professionals to be more competent and data-driven. Self-service analytics tools encourage business professionals to generate queries and reports on their own, enabling them to have potential insights without depending on a data scientist to do that.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/data-and-analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Data and analytics<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;leaders are increasingly adopting self-service analytics to support a data-driven culture within their organizations. This means that business users can learn to use analytics more easily, and they can benefit from effective BI tools, which in turn drive&nbsp;favorable&nbsp;business outcomes in the process.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infocepts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Self-Service-Analytics.jpg\" alt=\"Self Service Analytics\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Four areas to build a strong foundation for self-service analytics (Recommendations by Gartner);&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>ALIGN SELF-SERVICE INITIATIVES WITH ORGANISATIONAL GOALS AND CAPTURE ANECDOTES ABOUT MEASURABLE, SUCCESSFUL USE CASES<\/strong>; get the good outcomes for the organization, it is crucial to confirm the value of the self-service approach in analytics and communicating its impact and likely successes. This also builds confidence and justifies the continued support for it. Furthermore, self-service analytics encourages business users to practice it to support their organization&#8217;s various areas on their own.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li><strong>INVOLVE BUSINESS USERS WITH DESIGNING, DEVELOPING, AND SUPPORTING SELF-SERVICE;<\/strong>&nbsp;trust can be preserved between It teams and business users when executing a self-service initiative successfully. 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An onboarding plan can help them automate and standardize this process by making it far more effective to use self-service analytics throughout the organization.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above mentioned four areas would help you to achieve self-service analytics success. 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