Disjointed, inaccessible data is a major productivity inhibitor for analytics teams, diverting skilled resources from contributing to valuable business intelligence.
Analytics teams struggle with data access. In addition to listing data silos and data access among both their top data and analytics challenges, above, nearly three in five said it takes days or weeks to access all the data needed for their work or the work of the teams they manage. Only a third were able to access all their data in a day or less.
AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ANALYSTS AND ANALYTICS TEAMS TO ACCESS DATA
Nearly two in five analytics professionals are spending more than half of their work week on tasks unrelated to actual analysis. Forty-four percent of managers reported that more than half of their team’s work week is spent accessing, blending, and preparing data rather than analyzing it, while 31 percent of analysts said they spend more than half of their work week on data housekeeping.
TIME SPENT PREPPING DATA, RATHER THAN ANALYZING IT
As a result, the majority of analysts have found it necessary to learn programming languages specifically to help them access and/or prepare data for analysis. Outside of mandates from their employers, a full 70 percent of analysts reported taking it upon themselves to learn to code for this reason, and more than a quarter of those analysts have spent 80 or more hours learning to program.
ANALYSTS LEARNING PROGRAMMING SKILLS TO OVERCOME DATA ISSUES
It should go without saying that data professionals tasked with analyzing organizational information meaningfully and actionably cannot adequately perform their core job function without accurate data. Yet in addition to raising the data access challenges above, the industry is also split in terms of confidence in data accuracy. Nearly half reported that they question the accuracy of the data they or the teams they manage use regularly, while a little more than half said they are confident about their data.
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