Systems and methods for a virtual sandbox database

A computing apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
• receive a user request from a sandbox environment to access a dataset, wherein the sandbox environment is a virtual database environment and the dataset is stored in a database;
• retrieve at least a portion of the dataset from the database;
• identify at least one sandbox access policy associated with the user request and the dataset;
• and
• generate a view of the dataset in the sandbox environment, wherein the view displays one or more enabled elements of the dataset based on the at least one sandbox access policy.

One or more computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon to facilitate data access environments comprising multiple application services and multiple storage services that, when read and executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least:

• receive a user request from a sandbox environment to access a dataset, wherein the sandbox environment is a virtual database environment and the dataset is stored in a database associated with a data access system;
• retrieve at least a portion of the dataset from the database;
• identify at least one sandbox access policy associated with the user request and the dataset;
• and
• generate a view of the dataset in the sandbox environment, wherein the view displays one or more enabled elements of the dataset based on the at least one sandbox access policy.