Data Collaboration Tools for Easy Feedback - Pyramid Analytics
The blog explains how Pyramid Analytics enables seamless data collaboration by allowing users like a CFO to comment and annotate shared data models directly—independent of specific reports or dashboards—so that insights and alerts about data points, such as declining sales figures, can be communicated effectively across multiple departments and numerous report variations within an organization.
In part 2 of the blog series on analytic collaboration, the focus is on the ability to comment and annotate data models without being tied to specific reports or dashboards.
How to Share Comments on Data That Appears in Many Reports
A common challenge is collaborating with users you may not know, who are using reports you are unaware of, within a shared analytics and BI platform. Pyramid provides a solution that enables effortless collaboration with all users accessing shared data models, regardless of their access to specific reports or dashboards.
The Power of Annotating Data Models Without Attachment to Specific Reports
Without Pyramid’s solution, users would need to identify all reports that access a particular data point or provide comments in a specific report, knowing that other variations of this data in different reports or dashboards would not include the commentary. This complexity often leads users to abandon the task, resulting in missed opportunities for sharing insights and collaborating on data and analysis.
Use Case
The following scenario illustrates Pyramid’s commenting capabilities:
- John, the CFO for Apex Bicycle Company, notices that sales figures for the “Mountain-200 Black bicycle, 46” for the Manufacturer Woolson have dropped to zero after three consecutive months of positive sales from January to March 2019.
- After investigating, he wants to alert all users about an issue with the vendor, as it could impact future sales in other states.
- He knows that no other users view his report, but three additional departments (Sales, Product, and Procurement) also track sales, including the referenced mountain bike. Each department has numerous users running between 10 and 20 different sets of analysis.
- He wants all users in these departments to be aware of the issue and consider it in all reports referencing the declining sales figures.
Pervasive Collaboration
- With Pyramid, Mike can initiate a conversation thread on the relevant sales data points and invite stakeholders to participate in further discussions.
- As all stakeholders across all departments access Pyramid’s platform through a centrally hosted browser, Mike knows that all users will be instantly alerted when he comments on the data, regardless of which specific report or dashboard they are using or reviewing. The comments will also appear in any ad-hoc review of the data.
- Additionally, Mike can take a snapshot of the data—along with the specific query at the time of his comment—so that all users will have a historical view of the data at the time the comment was made, in case the data changes.
In summary, Pyramid is described as the only BI tool supplier to provide a powerful, ubiquitous, simple, user-friendly, and pervasive collaboration tool that works on reports and data models alike with live, simultaneous collaborative features.