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Use case 01

AI over BI and reporting

A report shows a change. The workflow helps explain why, pinpoint the deviation and prepare a comment or a recommendation for the next step.

But if reporting rests on inconsistent inputs, manual exports or differing metric logic, we start at the data foundation. We map the sources, verify data quality and propose how to prepare it for a reliable workflow.

Where the problem arises

What slows the process down today

Five typical points that together steal time, quality and trust in the outputs. If you recognise any of these, the workflow has somewhere to start.

Management wants commentary

Leadership needs to know why the numbers moved, not just see a chart.

Deviations are explained by hand

Comments are written in Excel and emails, hours each week outside the dashboard.

Data in separate systems

BI, ERP, CRM, the warehouse - the context has to be tracked down across tools.

Every team interprets it differently

The same number has a different label and a different reason in each department.

Reporting steals decision time

People who should be working on the business are putting together slides and tables.

What the workflow does

Step by step in one flow

The workflow doesn't just read documents or only show numbers. It connects data, rules and decision points into a single flow with a clear output.

01

Loads data from BI or source systems

From reporting, an export or a database - without manual ETL.

02

Compares the trend against rules, expectations or history

Previous periods, the plan, thresholds, comparable segments.

03

Flags deviations and possible causes

Anomalies, suspicious combinations, correlations worth noticing - and hypotheses about where they might come from.

04

Adds context from documents, comments and rules

Pulls data from other systems, internal documents and comments and explains the background.

05

Prepares an explanation and a recommended next step

A summary, a recommendation or a task for the responsible role - not just text.

06

Keeps an audit trail of the output

What was in the source, which rule was applied and on what basis the comment was created - traceable.

What changes in operations

The concrete impact on work

The goal isn't to deploy AI. The goal is to give people back time to decide and free the process from depending on a handful of experts.

01

Faster report preparation

From hours of compiling to minutes of validation.

02

Consistent commentary

The same topic, the same rules, the same format across teams.

03

Less manual explaining

Managers get a summary straight away, not an email full of questions.

04

Early deviation detection

The workflow runs daily - it doesn't wait for the monthly reporting.

When it makes sense to start

Three typical situations

A workflow doesn't bring the same value everywhere. Here are three scenarios where it pays to start.

01

The report shows numbers, not the cause

Reporting shows the change, but doesn't explain why it happened or what to do next.

02

Teams have different versions of metrics

The same value has a different source, definition or calculation logic in each department.

03

Data is exported and checked by hand

Putting a report together means combining exports, spreadsheets and comments across systems.

04

Commentary is created manually

Explanations of deviations are written in Excel or emails outside any structured system.

05

Deviations are addressed too late

By the time someone notices the problem, it has already affected the business, the plan or trust in the numbers.

06

Leadership needs faster interpretation

Management wants a trustworthy answer sooner than in a week or with the monthly reporting.

What to watch out for

Limits we state up front

Three risks we recommend addressing already at the design stage - not later in operations, where they cost time and trust.

01

Data quality at the input

If the sources contain noise or aren't kept up to date, the workflow can't overcome the error.

02

A comment ≠ a decision

AI prepares the groundwork - responsibility for the business decision stays with a person.

03

Metric governance

If a KPI means something different in each team, the definitions need to be unified first.