Securely extending analytics within a data warehouse environment

A method implemented and programmed within a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and processed by a processor, the processor configured to execute the method, comprising:

• receiving an analysis module selection from a user within a Graphical User Interface (GUI), the user requesting that an analysis module for the analysis module selection be processed against a database associated with the GUI;
• presenting, via the GUI, one or more schemas to the user for selection, the one or more schemas are to use when processing the analysis module, the one or more schemas acquired based on the analysis module selection and based on the user belonging to a particular user group;
• processing the analysis module using user-selected ones of the schemas against the database to produce results;
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• providing the results to the user for inspection.

A processor-implemented system, comprising:

• a processor configured with a graphical user interface (GUI) tool that is programmed within a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executes on the processor;
• and
• the processor configured with a vendor analysis service that is programmed within a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executes on the processor;
• the GUI tool configured to interact with a vendor to provide analysis modules that the vendor can execute against a data store of a retailer, the vendor analysis service configured:
• to drive options presented within the GUI tool to the vendor based on access rights assigned to the vendor, to receive selections from the vendor via the GUI tool for configuring a selected analysis module, and to execute and provide results from the execution of the selected analysis module to the vendor.