Finance
Waiting for analysis is what delays the decision
The data is already there. Only a handful of people can get at it, so everyone else waits days.
What we hear again and again here
Requests pile onto one team
Business asks, the data team answers. When questions arrive faster than answers, people stop asking the ones that are merely important.
One metric, several numbers
Each team writes its own query. Finding where the definitions diverged takes another meeting.
Evidence has to be gathered again
When a report or an audit asks where a number came from, someone reproduces the calculation by hand.
What we do
Ask internal data in plain language
People who do not write SQL can query directly. People who do get a draft and verify it.
Show the calculation next to the answer
Which table, which column, under which condition — recorded. Not just the number.
Connect read-only
Nothing is written back. Accounts get read access only, and what each person can see is scoped.
What we usually connect
We connect read-only. Nothing is written back, and nothing gets restarted.
Common questions
Does this work under network separation?
Yes. We install on-premise and run without outbound calls. How far the separation goes is checked in the pre-assessment.
Can personal data leak into an answer?
The columns to read are decided when we connect. Data outside a person’s access is never in scope, and every question is logged.
We work out where to start, together
We start by finding what people keep looking for. What to connect, and by when, follows from that.