Analytics & Reporting System MVP

A minimal viable reporting solution on AWS, focusing on the business application and data publishing, while deferring the full Analytics & Reporting system implementation.

Let me explain this minimal viable reporting approach:

1. Business Application:

   A. Application Layer

   • API Gateway + Lambda for APIs

   • Serverless architecture for scalability

   • Event-driven design

   B. Data Storage

   • DynamoDB for transactional data

   • Use DynamoDB Streams for change capture

   • Enable point-in-time recovery

   C. Event Publishing

   • EventBridge for event routing

   • SNS for notifications

   • SQS for decoupling

2. Data Capture Layer:

   A. Streaming Layer

   • Kinesis Data Streams for real-time data

   • Kinesis Firehose for S3 delivery

   • Configure retry policies

   B. Raw Storage

   • S3 buckets with lifecycle policies

   • Organize by date partitions

   • Enable versioning

   C. Basic Processing

   • AWS Glue for simple ETL

   • Lambda for light transformations

   • Maintain data formats

3. Quick Reporting Solutions:

   A. Athena Queries

   • Direct SQL access to S3 data

   • Create views for common queries

   • Optimize for cost

   B. QuickSight

   • Basic dashboards

   • Scheduled reports

   • Share with stakeholders

   C. Basic APIs

   • Simple query endpoints

   • Data export APIs

   • Basic authentication

Implementation Steps:

1. Initial Setup:

- Create S3 buckets
- Configure Kinesis
- Set up IAM roles
- Enable monitoring

1. Data Flow:

- Configure DynamoDB streams
- Set up Kinesis Firehose delivery
- Create basic Glue jobs
- Enable Athena

1. Basic Reports:

- Create Athena tables
- Build QuickSight dashboards
- Implement basic APIs
- Set up monitoring

1. Security Controls:

- IAM policies
- Encryption at rest
- Encryption in transit
- Access logging

Key Benefits:

1. Minimal initial investment

2. Scalable architecture

3. Pay-per-use pricing

4. Easy to extend later

This approach allows you to:

• Start capturing all necessary data

• Provide basic reporting capabilities

• Scale as needed

• Migrate to full analytics later

Would you like me to elaborate on any specific component or provide more implementation details?