Analytical Data Architecture Template
Documenting the analytical data infrastructure: warehouses, lakes, lakehouses, data marts, and semantic layers
The Analytical Data Architecture template provides a structured approach to documenting the analytical data infrastructure: warehouses, lakes, lakehouses, data marts, and semantic layers.
Template Sections
This template includes 7 sections.
Analytical Architecture Overview
Describe the analytical data strategy: warehouse vs lake vs lakehouse approach, the target consumers (BI, data science,...
Analytical Data Architecture Diagram
Diagram section
Analytical Components
Document each analytical infrastructure component: its role, the data it holds, the consumers it serves, and the team...
Ingestion Pipeline
Document the primary ingestion pipeline: source systems, extraction method, transformation logic, loading strategy, and...
Analytical Performance Requirements
Define analytical platform requirements: query response times, data freshness targets, concurrent user capacity, and...
Analytical Architecture Principles
State the principles: raw data is immutable, transformations are versioned and reproducible, analytical workloads are...
Analytical Architecture Risks
Document risks: stale data in the warehouse, transformation logic errors, analytical queries impacting operational...
Section Details
Block Types Used
| Section | Block Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Analytical Architecture Overview | Rich Text | Describe the analytical data strategy: warehouse vs lake vs lakehouse approach,... |
| Analytical Data Architecture Diagram | Diagram | Diagram section |
| Analytical Components | Component Responsibility | Document each analytical infrastructure component: its role, the data it holds,... |
| Ingestion Pipeline | Data Flow Specification | Document the primary ingestion pipeline: source systems, extraction method,... |
| Analytical Performance Requirements | Non-Functional Requirement | Define analytical platform requirements: query response times, data freshness... |
| Analytical Architecture Principles | Principle | State the principles: raw data is immutable, transformations are versioned and... |
| Analytical Architecture Risks | Risk | Document risks: stale data in the warehouse, transformation logic errors,... |
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