There's no way to get all the requirements upfront. You know that. But there IS a way to stop being the person they ping every time they need one more column in existing report – without giving up an inch of control.
Watch: add one more column in 90 seconds
Revenue by channel. Then margin by SKU. Then returns by campaign — but only for Q4. Each request is small. Together they consume your entire week. You're not doing analytics. You're doing data retrieval for people who need a self-serve option.
They open the spreadsheet. They need one more column. They can't get it themselves. So they Slack you. You respond in 2 hours. By then the context has shifted and there's already a new request. This loop is costing both of you — every single day.
Your colleagues can't access warehouse data without you. Until that changes, the requests don't stop — no matter how good your backlog management is. OWOX closes that gap.
Connect your gold layer from BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, or Databricks. Write the SQL or point to existing views. Set which columns are exposed, which joins are allowed, what filters are available. Done once. Reused forever.
Business users open the OWOX extension in Google Sheets. They browse the marts you've published, pick the columns they need — including that one more column — set their own filters, and hit Run. No SQL. No ticket. No you.
Data lands in their sheet in seconds. They can refresh on demand or schedule automatic updates. The next time they need a new column? They add it themselves and hit Run again.

| Tool | What it does | Why it falls short |
|---|---|---|
| Analyst-governed self-service for business users, directly in Google Sheets | ✓ Warehouse-powered, blendable, governed, schedulable — no SQL required | |
| Supermetrics / Coupler | Pulls raw data from ad and ecom sources into sheets | Raw numbers, no blending, no analyst governance — pay per connector, per row |
| Fivetran / Airbyte | Moves data into your warehouse | Data lands there and stays — you still need an analyst to get anything out |
| Manual SQL exports | Analyst writes queries on demand | You wait days for a column. Then wait again when the question changes |
| BI dashboards (Looker, Tableau) | Visualizes pre-modeled data | You get the charts someone else decided you needed — not the slice you want |
| Google Sheets QUERY / IMPORTDATA | Pull data with spreadsheet formulas | Breaks on real data volumes, no live warehouse connection, manual refresh |
You've already built clean data models. You know the logic. OWOX lets you expose a governed access layer — columns, joins, filters — and then step back permanently. Every new “add one more column” request gets answered by the product, not by you.
They live in spreadsheets. Their data is in your warehouse. OWOX closes that gap — no SQL required. They pick what they need, refresh when they want, and stop waiting on you.
We've added 127 slack insights to our spreadsheet reports. The CMO is so happy with that Monday morning digest .
Head of Data,
SaaS Company
We manage 46 Data Marts from a single place now. Run history alone saved us hours of figuring our whether report was updated or not.
Head of Analytics,
Retail
We connect AWS Athena to Looker Studio for live dashboards. This is the only available connector that just works.
BI Lead,
E-commerce
Start building your data marts today – the column picker for business users ships in less than 2 weeks.