{"id":2614,"date":"2023-08-29T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/overview-2-3\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:17:27","slug":"overview-2-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/overview-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"A Foundation for Self Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgdblue b100w notoppover footunder cwidetext withtitle singleno\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>A Foundation for Self Service<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A data fabric is a distributed data architecture that offers business users a single view across remote data. It enables users to query data where ever it lies without having to know the intricacies of how to access that data. It also relieves the IT staff from having to move and transform that data into a data warehouse. This is how a data fabric injects agility into a centralized data architecture. Every company needs a data fabric! (See figure 1.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In contrast, a data mesh is a distributed business and development architecture. That is, a data mesh pushes all data and development to business domains, and in its purest form, eliminates all central data environments. It\u2019s goal is to break up the data monopoly of IT and empower business units to service their own needs. (See figure 1.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Together, a data fabric and data mesh form a substantial part of a self-service analytics strategy. They require organizations to change their architecture, operating model, and governance model to empower business users and domains. This does our industry a great service because most business and data leaders think that the way to implement self-service is to give every user a self-service BI tool. Wrong! <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cTogether, a data fabric and data mesh form a substantial part of a self-service analytics strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vidimg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iframelink\">youtu.be\/eoGG5IZUVUs<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"videoem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eoGG5IZUVUs?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txtlnk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgdblue b90w notoppover footunder cwidetext singleyes\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cSelf-service is the culmination of doing everything else right: implementing the right organization, governance, architecture, literacy, etc.\u201d <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgdblue b90w notoppover footunder cwidetext singleno\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Eckerson Group, we tell consulting clients that self-service is the result of doing everything else right. That is, when you implement the right organization, the right architecture, the right governance, the right literacy program, and right development methods, self-service is a natural by product.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the way, the right way to do all these things is to federate them across a central data &amp; analytics team and business department teams. So in other words, data mesh and data fabric represent one side of the self-service equation. The other side is a central data &amp; analytics team that facilitates distributes development. (See figure 2.)<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe right way to do things is to federate.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgdorange b80w notoppover footunder cwidetext singleyes\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfigure bgnone\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Figure 1. What are Data Fabric and Data Mesh?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/Self-service-figure-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/Self-service-figure-1.png\">Close<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div id=\"figure\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"figure wow fadeIn bgdblue b80w notoppover footover\" data-wow-delay=\"0.4s\">\n\t\t<h2>Figure 2. A Self-Service Strategy<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/self-service-figure-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"ref\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/self-service-figure-2.png\">View Large<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 1\" class=\"wow fadeInDown resources bgorange topunder colsingle b60w\">\n\t<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml iwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/register?content=how-to-succeed-with-self-service-analytics-balancing-empowerment-and-governance\">Wayne Eckerson, \u201cHow to Succeed with Self Service: Balancing Empowerment and Governance\u201d, Eckerson Group, March, 2020 (ebook).<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml iwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/articles\/jeff-magnusson-how-to-create-a-self-service-data-platform-for-data-scientists\">Henry Eckerson, \u201cInterview with Jeff Magnusson: How to Create a Self-Service Data Platform for Data Scientists\u201d, Eckerson Group, March 2018. 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