Arbutus automation and development

Automating analytics with Arbutus

Arbutus automation and development focuses on designing and building custom analytics procedures and automated processes using Arbutus Analytics. These solutions are tailored to the organisation’s specific data environment, audit objectives, and reporting requirements.

While some analytics procedures can be developed quickly, others may involve more complex data preparation, scripting, or automation. Sepia Solutions supports organisations in developing reliable analytics procedures and automated workflows that integrate smoothly into their audit or monitoring activities.

Depending on the use case, the resulting solutions may allow users to run analytics through a simple menu interface or receive the results of fully automated and scheduled analytics procedures, ensuring that analytics can run consistently with minimal manual intervention.

When organisations benefit from Arbutus automation and development

Organisations often benefit from automation and development services when they want to:

• automate repetitive data analysis procedures
• develop reliable and reusable analytics scripts for audit testing
• simplify complex data preparation or data combination tasks
• integrate analytics procedures into scheduled or automated workflows
• implement analytics solutions without needing to develop advanced scripting expertise internally

For some organisations, the internal resources required to design and maintain advanced analytics procedures may simply not be available. In these situations, development support can accelerate the adoption of data analytics within assurance activities.

How Sepia Solutions can help

Sepia Solutions develops organisation-specific analytics procedures and automated processes tailored to the client’s data environment and objectives. This may include automating data access, preparing and combining datasets, developing analytics scripts, and implementing automated reporting or output generation.

Where appropriate, the resulting solutions can be integrated into user-friendly menus or scheduled automation processes, allowing end users to run analytics or access results without needing to understand the underlying technical details.

This approach allows organisations to quickly implement practical analytics solutions while ensuring that the procedures are robust, efficient, and maintainable. In some cases, automation and development work may also form part of a broader Arbutus implementation initiative.

Sustainable analytics solutions

One important advantage of externally developed analytics procedures is that the resulting scripts and automations remain within the organisation’s own environment.

This means that the analytics procedures continue to function even if individual staff members change roles or leave the organisation. The organisation retains the knowledge embedded in the procedures themselves, ensuring continuity and long-term value.

By combining development expertise with a strong understanding of audit and assurance processes, Sepia Solutions helps organisations build analytics solutions that are both technically sound and practically useful.