The hype around AI analytics tends to focus on capability. Can it answer natural language questions? Can it generate insights on demand? Can it replace the need for an analyst to write SQL at eleven o’clock at night? The answer to all of these is increasingly yes, with the right setup. But there is a prior question that matters just as much, and it has nothing to do with AI at all. It is the same question that has always mattered in data management. Is the information in your
