Ready for Production?

You've explored analytics dashboards. Now understand what changes when moving to a production deployment serving council-wide reporting.

This is guidance, not implementation. Use this information to inform your analytics strategy and technical planning.

Scale Considerations

The demo has limited data. Production systems need capacity planning for multiple departments and historical data.

SPICE Capacity
SPICE capacity: plan for 10GB per author, 1GB per reader
Data Refresh
Dataset refresh: large datasets may need off-peak scheduling
Concurrency
Concurrent users: Enterprise edition supports more concurrent viewers
Regions
Cross-region: consider regions for data residency compliance

Customization Options

The demo uses default settings. Production deployments are customized to your council's branding and security requirements.

Customization Description Effort Estimate
Branding Branding: add council logo, color palette, custom fonts 2-3 days
Row Security Row-level security: different departments see their own data 1-2 weeks
Custom Domain Custom domain: embed dashboards on council.gov.uk subdomain 1-2 days
API Integration API integration: programmatic dashboard creation and updates 2-4 weeks

Cost Comparison

Costs scale with users and SPICE capacity. Here's a comparison between this demo and a typical production deployment (3-20 authors, 50-200 readers).

Service Demo Costs Production Costs
QuickSight Authors $216-480/month (3-20 authors)
QuickSight Readers $50-200/month (50-200 readers)
SPICE Storage $25-100/month (100-400GB)
Amazon S3 $5-20/month
AWS Glue $10-30/month
Total No cost to your council $300-830/month
Note: QuickSight offers Reader Sessions pricing ($0.30/session) as an alternative to flat reader fees.

Security Checklist

The demo prioritizes ease of exploration. Production deployments need additional security measures for sensitive council data.

Row-level security policies per department
Column-level restrictions for sensitive data
Active Directory integration for SSO
VPC connectivity for private data sources
Embedding with user session tokens
Audit logging for dashboard access

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