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The first handshake with security data
Integrate with the first security data source.
I led the design of the onboarding experience to support the first security data source integration, creating a streamlined and scalable design that can be generalized to all other data sources.
From preview to public release, I supported the product team for successful rollouts and also mentored a junior designer to level up skills on user research and design collaborations.
Timeline
11/2023 – 05/2024
Role
Design lead
Team
2 designers · 4 engineers · 2 product managers · 2 security specialists
The business initiative is to expand data integration to security data sources, helping organizations unlock their security insights with advanced analytics.
But the problem is prominent: the existing onboarding flow is fragmented and takes a long time to complete, remaining the biggest friction to user adoption.
Users need an efficient workflow with instructive information and confirmation.
Streamlined experience — a wizard design to reduce cognitive load.
Built-in automation — to automate the index setup process.
Guided experience — a hand-holding experience with multi-level instructions design.
However, data integration is more than just onboarding. A truly streamlined experience should account for the end-to-end user journey.
The final design showcases the end-to-end data integration experience from first-time onboarding to later modification.
Kick off onboarding — a combined workflow with single entry point + learning page.
Connect to data source — a wizard design with guided flow to connect to the data step-by-step.
Configure data access — set up search and analytics with visual aids and built-in automation.
Complete onboarding — a review page before completion.
Validate — a consolidated page to quickly modify the configuration based on the validation.
Monitor — check the data usage via the connected dashboard for each connected data source.
Impact
0%
time saved
Reducing the steps from 15 to 9
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use cases
With advanced analytics
+0%
usability
Measured by the EASE metrics
0st
data lake integration
Improving Splunk's scan-based data search
0
active customers
Highlighted at Splunk's annual conference
$0.0B
market opportunity
Potential data lake market opportunity