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by gp05zmzpjl 3592 days ago
If A is the set of people who can write SQL and B is the set of people who know how to make inferences from data, self-service BI tools can expand the universe of people who can analyze data at your organization from A∩B to B. That's a big deal!

Yes, there are pitfalls if you give people in ~B access to the BI tool. They could make bad decisions based on the data. On the other hand, they are already making bad decisions without the data. In a world where |B| is limited, it can be hard to make the right tradeoffs. You might choose to let people in ~B use the tool but have a policy against sharing the results without a once-over from someone in B.