A virtuous cycle for analytics
Jon Udell,
Jul 24, 2021
Jon Udell dives into the weeds of supporting database queries for instructors using Hypothes.is as an anotation tool in their classes. He describes what was needed in order to allow instructors to formulate their questions without relying on developers, an endeavour that grew more complex as the number of queries grew. As certain types of questions take longer and longer to answer, an underlying function is written such that the question now becomes a noun in an evolving query language. This forms the "basis of a virtuous cycle," writes Udell. "The team member formulates a question and does their best to answer it using Metabase; the toolsmith captures the intent and re-expresses it in a higher-level business language." Image: Dunn.
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