Introduction

As we look ahead to 2025, the demand for advanced analytics solutions is more pressing than ever. The Bold BI^® roadmap for the coming year is all about AI-driven analytics. We intend to introduce a series of cutting-edge AI features designed to elevate the user experience, streamline workflows, and help you extract actionable insights. Our goal is to make analytics more intuitive and impactful than ever. This AI-driven analytics roadmap blog takes a closer look at the top seven features on the Bold BI team’s to-do list, set to shape the future of its data analysis platform this year.

1. Smarter dashboards with text generation capabilities

We intend to elevate dashboard functionality with AI text generation to make data interpretation and data analysis more efficient:

• Widget summarization

This AI feature streamlines complex data analysis by providing concise summaries for individual widgets. Users can quickly grasp essential metrics and trends, facilitating efficient decision-making and reducing the cognitive load associated with data interpretation.

• Dashboard insights

The dashboard insights feature will offer a comprehensive narrative overview of the entire dashboard. The AI-generated summaries highlight meaningful patterns, giving users valuable information without them having to sift through numerous visual elements.

• Explain a data point

This feature delves into the story behind specific data points, revealing key influencers, correlations, and their implications. Being provided such clarity, users can gain a deeper understanding of complex datasets, enabling them to make informed decisions based on contextual insights.

2. Intelligent user interactions with AI assistant

The AI assistant is evolving to create a more intuitive and interactive experience for users:

• Textual replies from AI assistant

This enhancement allows the AI assistant to provide conversational, text-based responses rather than just static widget generation. By fostering natural and engaging interactions, users can explore analytics with greater ease and understanding.

• Create complete dashboards through natural language processing

Users will be able create complete dashboards by simply describing their requirements in natural language. The AI assistant will automatically generate all necessary KPIs, configure data settings, and apply design properties, resulting in a fully functional and visually appealing dashboard without the need for technical expertise.

3. Seamless AI integration for on-premises environments

We recognize the importance of robust AI functionality for organizations with stringent security and compliance needs. With additions from planned releases, all our AI features will operate seamlessly in on-premises environments, complete with connectors for popular models and offline operation capabilities. This ensures flexibility and data security, allowing organizations to leverage AI while adhering to their compliance requirements.

4. Advanced forecasting and anomaly detection

We will be advancing the predictive analytics and anomaly detection capabilities of Bold BI, making your data smarter:

• Extended forecasting for multiseries line charts

This feature enhances forecasting capabilities for complex datasets by supporting multiseries line charts. Users can make more accurate predictions for multiple variables, improving overall analytical precision.

• Improved forecasting techniques

New AI models will refine the accuracy and reliability of predictive analytics, empowering users to make better-informed decisions based on data insights.

• Anomaly detection for applicable charts

With advanced algorithms, this feature will automatically identify and flag anomalies in data visualizations. Users will be promptly alerted to irregularities, enabling swift responses to potential issues.

5. Expanded AI support across the ecosystem

We intend to expand the AI capabilities of administrators and data professionals in Bold BI, streamlining their work processes:

• AI support assistant for admins

This AI assistant will provide guidance for system management and troubleshooting, empowering administrators to address requirements and ensure smooth operations.

• AI support for the data hub

This feature offers AI-powered assistance for data extraction, transformation, and optimization. By reducing manual effort, it enhances usability and accelerates the data preparation phase.

6. Enhanced AI assistant UI

The Bold BI team is planning significant user interface updates to complement our advanced features. We intend to redesign the AI assistant interface to enhance usability. It will be an intuitive canvas for creating and updating widgets. Users will benefit from a streamlined design that makes analytics more accessible and engaging.

7. Data governance

To ensure responsible use of AI features, Bold BI will be implementing even more robust data governance measures. We intend to implement a robust monitoring system to track the usage of the AI features and the data shared with AI services and large language models. This will enhance transparency and accountability, fostering trust in how data is utilized within the platform.

With these new features, Bold BI will empower users to make smarter decisions faster. By integrating advanced AI capabilities with user-centric design improvements, Bold BI will push further to the forefront of the analytics landscape. The platform enhances data accessibility and enables users to uncover insights that drive business growth and efficiency.

Conclusion

As we look ahead to 2025, explore the exciting features on our AI-driven analytics roadmap. These advancements are designed to help organizations leverage data more effectively, enabling greater agility and competitiveness. If you missed the key AI features that powered Bold BI^® last year, you can catch up by checking out our recap on Bold BI’s AI-driven embedded analytics: A Road Map for 2024 blog.

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Introduction

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have ushered in an era of significant change across various industries. Integrating AI features for embedded analytics is particularly transformative, and Bold BI^® is actively leading the charge in this transformation. By harnessing generative AI models equipped with natural language capabilities, Bold BI users will be able to automatically address queries, synthesize data trends, and generate more actionable insights, faster.

Bold BI recently unveiled a preview version of its first AI features: the Q&A widget and AI assistant. These features comprehend natural language input from users and subsequently generate Bold BI charts in response. To learn more about Bold BI’s Q&A widget, refer to this documentation.

In this blog, we’ll explore the roadmap of Bold BI’s AI assistant feature for embedded analytics. Read on for detailed insights.

Bold BI’s conversational AI assistant

Bold BI has launched a conversational AI assistant to address the growing need for quick, adaptable data analysis. This innovative system enhances dashboard creation and interaction by using natural language to generate relevant visualizations within the dashboard designer, viewer, and embedded application, making data exploration accessible and intuitive.

With this feature, you can:

a.       Visualize prompts

In dashboard designer mode, the AI assistant lets you create visualizations simply by typing queries in natural language, significantly speeding up the design process. In viewer mode, while you can’t create or edit visuals, you can analyze trends in your existing data by asking questions in plain language. The result will be available in a dialog, allowing you to gain insights without altering your dashboards or metrics. This simplifies complex data interpretation and enables easy chart creation based on your prompts.

Query: “Show me the top 5 products driving last month’s sales.”

Response:

Query: “Show me the sales result for the top 5 countries.”

Response:

Query: “How many units sold per product?”

Response:

Query: “How many conversions per campaign type.”

Response:

This user-friendly approach eliminates the need for extensive data analysis skills, empowering non-technical professionals to independently derive actionable insights and expedite decision-making.

b.       Customization prompts for dashboards and visualizations

While Bold BI’s AI assistant can generate visualizations from natural language prompts, you may also customize these outputs to meet design and style requirements. In designer mode, you can adjust visuals with just a click—resizing charts, changing color schemes, and repositioning widgets—making it faster and more efficient than manual adjustments.

Query: “Change the title to ‘Top-Selling Products’.”

Response:

Query: “Change the background color to blue.”

Response:

Query: “Change the bar color to red.”

Response: 

If you are a Bold BI user, you will not need to understand chart properties; the AI assistant will adjust them for you based on your natural language input. In the dashboard designer mode, you will iteratively modify a visualization until your requirements are met. This speeds up turnaround times for dashboard publishing by reducing manual effort, thus boosting productivity.

c.       Direct queries

In addition to visualizations and queries, there are instances where textual responses prove more meaningful, such queries include:

• Which country produced the greatest profit last week?
• How many customers didn’t purchase product X?
• Is revenue higher compared to last week?

For questions like these, a text response is enough.

Bold BI’s conversational AI assistance will cater to a diverse range of queries, providing answers in both text and chart formats as needed. By providing multiformat responses, Bold BI enables its users to extract insights efficiently, enhancing decision-making processes in data analysis. To learn more about Bold BI’s AI feature, refer to our documentation.

d.      AI-driven textual reports

Converting chart insights into textual summaries enhances comprehension and adds a professional touch to reports. Bold BI plans to utilize a large language model (LLM) for chart comprehension and data analysis, which will enable businesses to generate concise textual summaries. This feature virtually eliminates the effort required for manual analysis and report creation.

By leveraging this advanced feature, Bold BI users can:

• Generate accurate textual summaries of dashboard insights.
• Reduce the risk of errors inherent in manual analysis processes.
• Schedule the regular generation of textual summaries and deliver them via email.

By automating the composition and delivery of dashboard summaries, users can focus on critical tasks while staying up to date on key metrics. This seamless process reduces the need for constant monitoring, optimizing time management and improving overall productivity.

Conclusion

Bold BI^® is using AI to improve the dashboard design and analysis experience, saving users time and effort. With conversational AI support, users can create and modify charts using simple language, accelerating dashboard design. This AI can also answer data questions with text responses, helping users understand their data without extensive chart analysis. Furthermore, AI-generated textual summaries alert users to important insights, cutting down on manual monitoring time. These AI-driven advancements are poised to shape Bold BI’s future, empowering smarter decision-making and success in a data-centric world.

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