In the world of business intelligence (BI), Data Products are living, breathing tools that evolve alongside your data and decision-making needs. But here's the problem: most BI platforms don’t treat them that way. Once published, Data Products — whether they are Dashboards, Infographics or Data Apps — are often locked in place or cumbersome to manage — leaving users hesitant to experiment, fearing mistakes, or caught in endless duplication.

Astrato’s Workbook Versioning changes all of that.

The Problem with Traditional BI Tools 👉

Ask anyone who has used a traditional BI tool: what happens when you need to test changes or iterate? The answer often involves:

  • Duplicate dashboards cluttering your workspace.
  • No way to track who changed what and when.
  • Fear of mistakes causing irreversible disruptions in production.

These pain points create inefficiencies, cost time, and stifle creativity.

Why We Built Workbook Versioning in Astrato 🧘

We didn’t just build versioning to keep up—we built it to unlock a whole new workflow. We recognized a gap in the BI world where creators needed to feel safe experimenting, iterating, and improving.

Astrato’s Workbook Versioning allows you to:

  • Experiment Freely: Save drafts without impacting live dashboards.
  • Never Lose Progress: Roll back to previous versions when things go off track.
  • Stay Organized: Link versions and avoid the clutter of endless duplicates.

This isn’t just "versioning" — it’s a reimagining of how BI platforms enable users to build Data Products.

Does Any Other BI Tool Have This?

The short answer? No. ❌

Some tools offer "backup copies" or "revision history," but that’s where the similarity ends:

  • Most BI tools don’t let you use a UI to revert to a version as an active draft.
  • There’s no ability to link or transfer versions across data products/dashboards.
  • Many still rely on "save as" workflows, influenced by file based systems, that duplicate the entire data product, adding unnecessary noise to your environment.

Astrato’s solution is purpose-built for BI creators, not just developers. ✅

Breakthrough Innovation for Every User

Our goal wasn’t just to give data teams a safety net — it was to empower users to iterate faster, with the confidence that their work won’t break production. Here’s how this shifts the game:

  • 🚀 Publish with Purpose: No fear of breaking things — restore any version or unpublish if needed.
  • 🧪 Live Experimentation: Test new insights in drafts before they go live, all within the same workbook.
  • 🗂️ Centralized Simplicity: One workbook, multiple histories — avoiding duplication chaos.
  • ♻️ Clean and Green: Reducing duplication, means less storage and less energy consumed.

Why This Matters for Self-Service BI ‼️

At Astrato, we believe that self-service BI should feel like a creative experience, not a technical burden. With Workbook Versioning, users don’t need to create separate workbooks just to make a tweak—they can iterate and publish faster, without clutter or compromise.

This feature isn’t just about tracking changes — it’s about empowering people to experiment confidently, accelerating insights while keeping everything clean and controlled.

The Future of BI Starts Here 🔮

We didn’t build Workbook Versioning to be a "nice-to-have" feature — we built it to redefine what’s possible in BI. When you trust your environment to support change without fear, innovation thrives. Astrato is the only platform offering a versioning approach this advanced — designed to match the way modern data teams work.

Curious to see how versioning could revolutionize your workflow? Try it today and experience the breakthrough for yourself.

Astrato Team
Cloud BI
Apr 8, 2025

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Melissa Pluke

Before, we had a separate analytics page, and nobody used it. Now, every customer at least checks the analytics, and for some, it’s the main thing they care about

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Astrato acts as the shop window for everything happening in Snowflake, while all computation and governance remain in code within our data warehouse. That means anyone can access insights without relying on complex BI tools.

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Astrato is helping us win new customers as a result (of our Self-service embedded dashboard in Astrato), and we are on target to double the number of units (users) this year.

Beau Dobbs

Our customers are already thrilled by the improvement in user experience we have seen from switching to Astrato, which is enabling their non-technical users to self-serve for the insights they need to make informed decisions and be far more productive. This is helping us win and retain more customers.

Zachary Paz

Astrato offers a 50-75% cost saving over Qlik, with 25-50% faster development, seamless self-service analytics, and easy adoption which enables quick, customizable insights and actions.

Jeff Morrison

Given Astrato is 100% cloud-native live-query, tightly integrated with the speed and scalability of Snowflake, we can now rapidly process a customer's data and build streamlined actionable analytics, in just hours/days compared to weeks/months previously. We have been able to automate almost everything, which just wasn't possible with PowerBI and our skill sets.

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