Consumer vs. Creator Overview

Search-Driven Analytics (SDA) users are classified in two (2) groups: Creators and Consumers.

NAME	DESCRIPTION
Search-drive Analytics (SDA) Creator	An SDA Creator designs a customer report using keyword searches creates a pinboard for the customized report adds the pinboard to an SDA Active Home Page widget to be viewed by Consumers
Search-driven Analytics (SDA) Consumer	An SDA Consumer will see a smaller view of pinboards on Active Home Page widgets that have been shared with their role or user. An SDA consumer can enlarge a pinboard to full size from within the widget. is not granted the functionality to create reports or navigate within SDA

The permissions required for Search-Driven Analytics are dependent on the user type. See Search-Driven Analytics Required Permissions.