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Self-Serve Analytics Onboarding & Safety Checklist

Interactive onboarding checklist that guides new self-serve analytics users through required training, access requests, sample work, governance confirmations, and follow-up reviews. Saves progress, records key onboarding data, and provides links and contacts for sandbox, quiz, and escalation.

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Self-Serve Analytics Onboarding & Safety Checklist

Welcome — this checklist helps teams onboard a new self-serve analytics user safely and quickly. Use it to record training, request appropriate access, register datasets or models, confirm governance guardrails, and schedule a short follow-up review. Save progress at any time. Submissions are stored with the platform so teams can track readiness and compliance.

If you are unsure about any item, list it in Blockers so the onboarding lead can follow up. Typical completion takes 20–60 minutes depending on approvals.

Full name of the user being onboarded.
Work email used for access and notifications.
Select the role that best describes the user's typical work.
Team the user belongs to (for routing approvals and reviewers).
Optional: date the user will begin working with the platform (YYYY-MM-DD).
Check off trainings the user has completed. At least core items should be completed before production access.
Link to the quiz or certificate (if you use a short assessment).
Select only the access required for the user's tasks. Avoid broad or permanent export rights unless justified.
List approvers and the date of approval. Include manager and data owner approvals when relevant.
Provide a link to the user's sample work in the sandbox or a sample report to review.
Helps determine access and controls required.
Has a data owner been identified and agreed to support this user's work?
Are transformations used by the user's reports registered and documented so results are reproducible?
Has each dataset the user will use been registered in the data catalog with owner and sensitivity?
Person who will validate the sample work and confirm readiness.
Schedule a brief review (recommended 2–4 weeks after first production use). Use YYYY-MM-DD format.
How confident is the reviewer that this user can work safely and effectively?
1.0 10.0
List any unresolved blockers, required follow-up tasks, or outstanding approvals.
Name and contact for security or access escalation (e.g., Data Governance lead).
Confirm the following items before granting broader access.
I confirm the user is ready to use self-serve analytics in accordance with organizational policies.
Optional notes for the onboarding record.
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