BI with AI: A Two-Way Street
The combination of BI with AI has two distinct benefits:
- Data preparation & modeling.
- BI improves the results of AI by making data more trustworthy through cleansing, optimization and automatic data modeling.
- Embedded data analysis.
- By embedding AI within BI, users employ a conversational interface that answers business questions posed in your choice of language.
Data Preparation & Modeling Via BI
How trustworthy is your AI? Can you afford for it to be right most of the time? And when AI “hallucinates” and leads you down the wrong path, what does that cost your organization in time and money?
“Safe AI” is the goal of every organization, and yet many organizations adopt an AI technology without considering the infrastructure that needs to go around it.
Reliable, effective insight from AI requires a solid foundation of trustworthy data that only BI can supply. DataSelf BI does this by automating data cleansing, optimization, and modeling. This allows analysts to perform sophisticated database functions without writing code. This utilizes DataSelf ETL+ and DataSelf DFT+.
ETL+ creates a clean, integrated data warehouse that powers reporting and analytics. This includes:
- Automated data extraction from source systems
- Data cleansing, normalization, and enrichment
- Automated, scheduled refreshes of data
DFT+ defines the structure and workflow of your data using Dimension, Fact, and Time modeling. This includes:
- Automated KPI creation using DFT modeling
- Standard KPIs and metrics that establish a single version of the truth
- Consistency across data sources
- Embedded Data Analysis Via AI
How easy is it for you to retrieve the precise information and insight you need to make the most intelligent business decisions? Can you ask for answers using conversational English? And just how many KPIs do you need – and which ones?
In order for analytics to be useful, you need a balance of preconfigured KPIs as well as the ability to pose your own questions using your own words. These capabilities are provided through the DataSelf KPI+ and DataSelf AI+ features.
KPI+ supplies the industry’s largest libraries of pre-configured reports, dashboards, and metrics that turn data into actionable decisions. This includes:
- Standardized KPI definitions
- Cross-department metric alignment
- Thresholds, targets, and benchmarks
AI+ further benefits end users by enabling the use of ‘natural language analytics’ (such as “show me my top 5 items by sales”) for instant insight. This includes:
- Summary and detail analytics
- Infinite drill-down (e.g., “by month”)
- Choice of display format (including Excel, charts, and maps)
- A Data-Driven Culture Built on Integrated BI with AI
By combining BI with AI+, DataSelf delivers business intelligence that is trustworthy and actionable.
When BI with AI is accomplished, organizations gain more than reports – they gain a trusted decision-support system built on clarity, consistency, and ease of use. If you’re ready to strengthen your data-driven culture and leverage AI-driven insights for your business, contact us today.