One of the challenges with self-service reporting is ensuring that workbooks being shared with a broader audience meet basic standards for performance, usability, accessibility, governance, and organizational branding.
Today, workbook authors can build and publish content, but there is no simple way to assess the overall quality of a workbook before it is promoted for wider consumption.
It would be useful to have a Workbook Governance Assistant that analyzes a workbook and produces a readiness report similar to how code analysis tools review application code.
For example, the assistant could identify:
- Potential performance concerns such as excessive visualizations, complex calculations, or large result sets
- Accessibility issues such as poor color contrast, small fonts, or missing titles
- Branding inconsistencies with organizational themes and templates
- Governance concerns such as use of non-certified datasets or overly broad sharing permissions
- General design best practice recommendations
The assistant could provide an overall score along with recommendations and, where possible, offer one-click remediation options such as applying organizational themes or standard formatting.
As self-service analytics continues to grow, features like this could help organizations improve workbook quality, reduce support effort, increase adoption, and establish greater trust in analytics content.
Think of it as a "workbook health check" for Oracle Analytics.
