Has it ever happened to you that you want to generate charts and reports, but the process turns out to be too complex or takes more time than you have available? Whether you’ve never created data visualizations or you already have experience but are looking for a faster way, this article is for you.
Here we explore some of the artificial intelligence-based tools offered by Zoho Analytics, designed so you can create data visualizations simply and quickly.
Generate reports by chatting with Zia
Imagine you need a report for an urgent meeting and you don’t have time to build it from scratch. With Ask Zia, you don’t need to be a data expert: just type or say in plain language what information you’re looking for. Zia understands your questions and creates charts, tables, or dashboards in a matter of seconds.
Companies around the world are already leveraging this feature to save hours of work and achieve impactful presentations. It’s an easy way to transform simple questions into visualizations that impress clients, partners, or colleagues.
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Zia recommends the ideal chart based on your data
Often, one of the challenges in creating reports is choosing the right type of chart. Not all data looks good in any format. This is where Zia Suggestions makes the difference.
Zia analyzes the structure and nature of your data to suggest the best type of visualization: bars, lines, pie, maps, among many other options. Additionally, it tells you how to arrange columns and metrics so the information is displayed clearly and effectively. This reduces the margin of error and ensures your reports are more precise and attractive.
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Discover key insights instantly
Building charts is just the first step. What’s truly valuable is understanding what the data means. With Zia Insights, you can access automatic analyses that highlight patterns, trends, and important relationships.
Instead of spending hours reviewing tables or searching for conclusions, Zia provides you with summaries in clear text and complementary visualizations. This makes it easier to share findings with colleagues or executives and make informed decisions faster. It also includes diagnostic features that explain why certain key indicators have changed, so you can act on the real causes.
Let Zia analyze your data for you
You might have a dataset but not know where to start. Or perhaps you’re not even sure what reports you need to generate. For those cases, Zoho Analytics offers automatic analysis.
You just have to upload your data file and, if you want, select specific columns. Zia analyzes the information, detects patterns, and automatically creates interactive reports and dashboards in less than a minute. It’s a perfect solution for those without technical experience, but also for experts who want to speed up their work.
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Use ready-made reports for more than 100 cloud apps
If you work with tools like CRM, digital marketing, finance, or sales, you know your data is often scattered across different platforms. Zoho Analytics offers pre-built reports and dashboards for more than 100 business cloud applications.
You only need to connect your app — like Zoho CRM, Google Ads, Shopify, QuickBooks, among many others — and Zoho Analytics will automatically generate ready-to-use dashboards. This saves you the time of creating reports from scratch and lets you start analyzing your data as soon as you connect your sources.
Stay ahead with AI predictions
Today, businesses can’t settle for just looking at the past: they need to foresee the future. Zoho Analytics’ AI-powered predictions allow you to anticipate trends and make strategic decisions.
By simply defining the period you want to forecast, Zia applies the most suitable statistical model to your data. You can forecast, for example, sales for the coming months, your website traffic, or cost trends. For more technical users, there are advanced models like ARIMA, ETS, or regression techniques, offering flexibility for those who want to dive deeper into the analysis.
Clean and transform data with Zoho DataPrep
One of the biggest challenges in analytics is working with messy or scattered data. Zoho DataPrep, integrated into Zoho Analytics (available in Premium and Enterprise plans), makes this task easier thanks to over 250 transformations and artificial intelligence algorithms.
With this tool, you can fix errors, unify formats, merge data from different sources, and prepare all your information for advanced analyses. This saves you hours of manual work and ensures your data is reliable and consistent.
Zoho Analytics and its artificial intelligence, Zia, simplify data analysis and the creation of visualizations, helping you save time and make decisions with greater confidence.
Try it free for 15 days and discover how it can transform the way you work with data.
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