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Embedded analytics

Embedded analytics puts charts and dashboards inside your own product or customer portal.

Written by Reflective Data experts · updated Oct 5, 2026

Customers get insights without leaving your application, and you control the look and permissions. Several BI tools support embedding with row-level security.

It requires careful governance, because each customer must only see their own data.

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Pivot table

A pivot table summarises data by letting you drag fields into rows, columns and values.

data-storytelling.md

Data storytelling

Data storytelling is combining data, visuals and narrative to explain what is happening and what to…

kpi.md

KPI (key performance indicator)

A KPI is a measurable value that shows how well you are achieving an important business…

olap-cube.md

OLAP cube

An OLAP cube is a pre-aggregated, multidimensional data structure that makes slicing and dicing fast.

data-literacy.md

Data literacy

Data literacy is the ability to read, question and use data to make decisions.

calculated-field.md

Calculated field

A calculated field is a new value computed from existing fields inside a BI tool, such…

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