One embodiment of the invention is a technique to create and provide an analytic marketplace. A single file definition is created for a plurality of applications and sub-components of a complete analytic application. A request for an analytic application is received from a user at an analytic marketplace in a user session. The analytic marketplace searches for an application that matches the request using the single file and generates a search result. The request is responded according to the search result and then an appropriate analytic application is presented to the user.