Multi-Turn Data Conversations · Context-Aware Analytics

Your Data Should Answer
Follow-Up Questions Too.

Dashboards answer the questions you thought to ask. Conversational BI answers the questions you have right now — including every follow-up, drill-down, and what-if that comes after.

Built for enterprise teams on Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, and Azure who are tired of static reports.

Multi-turn
Context retained across questions
Zero SQL
No technical knowledge needed
6 weeks
Average time to first live query
100%
Built on your existing stack

Traditional BI Dashboard

Answers only pre-built questions
No follow-up — every new question needs a new report
Context resets with every interaction
Requires BI team to build every view
vs

Conversational BI by Sunflower Lab

Answers any question, any time
Follow-ups and drill-downs in the same session
Full context retained — it remembers what you asked
Self-serve for every team, governed by your rules
Live Demo

A Conversation with Your Data

Watch how context carries across questions — exactly like talking to a colleague who knows your business.

Sunflower Lab — Conversational BI
↑ Context retained across session
Thread 01 — Revenue Deep Dive
Watch how each follow-up builds on the last answer
CFO
How did we perform against revenue targets last quarter?
AI
Q4 2025: $14.2M actual vs $13.8M target — 102.9% attainment. Strongest regions were Northeast (+8%) and Midwest (+5%). West lagged at 91% of target.
Q1–Q4 revenue vs target · Orange = Q4
CFO
Why did the West underperform?
AI
Referencing: West region, Q4 attainment 91%
West missed primarily due to 3 enterprise deals slipping to Q1 (combined $820K). Excluding slippage, West attainment was 97.1%. Two reps were also below quota for the full quarter.
CFO
Which reps and what's their Q1 pipeline?
AI
Referencing: West underperformers, slipped deals
West Reps · Q1 Pipeline
R. Chen — Q4 attainment74%
R. Chen — Q1 pipeline$1.1M
D. Okafor — Q4 attainment81%
D. Okafor — Q1 pipeline$640K
Thread 02 — Ops Cost Analysis
Multi-turn drill-down without rebuilding context
Ops
Which facilities had the highest operating cost per unit last month?
AI
February 2026 — cost per unit by facility:
Cost Per Unit
Detroit Plant$18.40
Chicago Plant$16.20
Columbus Plant$11.80
Detroit is 36% above the network average.
Ops
What's driving Detroit's cost?
AI
Referencing: Detroit Plant, $18.40/unit
Three primary drivers: (1) Overtime labour — 22% above standard, (2) Line 4 downtime — 14.2hrs unplanned, (3) Raw material waste — 8% above target. Together these account for ~$4.80 of the excess cost.
Ops
If we fix Line 4 downtime, what's the cost impact?
AI
Referencing: Detroit Line 4, 14.2hrs downtime, excess cost drivers
Eliminating Line 4 downtime would reduce Detroit's cost per unit by ~$2.10, saving approximately $84K/month at current production volume. That moves Detroit from 36% above average to 18% above — still elevated, but overtime and waste would need addressing next.
What Is It?

Conversational BI — What Makes It Different

Traditional BI tools answer the questions you thought to ask when you built the dashboard. Conversational BI answers the question you have right now — and the follow-up after that, and the one after that.

The difference is context. Every question in a conversational BI session is aware of what came before it — like talking to a colleague who was in the room for the whole meeting, not someone handed a brief 10 minutes ago.

We build this on top of your governed Power BI semantic model, so every answer — however deep the conversation goes — is still traceable back to your verified business definitions.

Static Dashboard
Conversational BI
Pre-built views only
Any question, any time
No follow-ups
Full multi-turn conversation
Context resets every time
Session context always retained
BI team required for new views
Self-serve for every team
Answers yesterday's questions
Answers the question you have now
Use Cases

What your teams can do with it.

Conversational BI isn't a single use case — it's how every department gets answers without ever filing a request.

💼
Finance & Leadership

Board-ready numbers without the wait

Drill into revenue, margin, and cost in real time. Ask follow-up questions mid-meeting without waiting for a post-meeting report from the BI team.

"How did Q4 margin compare to last year? Why did EMEA lag?" → answered in the same session
📦
Supply Chain & Operations

Root-cause conversations, not just metrics

Ask about cost overruns, then drill to facility, then to line, then to shift — all in one conversation thread, no new report required at each step.

"What's driving Detroit's unit cost?" → follow-ups about overtime, downtime, and waste in the same thread
📈
Sales & Revenue Ops

Pipeline analysis without RevOps

Start with territory performance, drill to rep, then to deal, then to next action — without waiting on a Salesforce report or bothering RevOps.

"Which reps are behind pace in Q1 and what's their pipeline coverage?" → answered with full context
🏥
Healthcare & RCM

Billing and claims conversations

Trace denial patterns from payer to code to provider — in one conversation that retains which payer and period you're investigating throughout.

"Which CPT codes have the highest denial rate with Aetna this quarter?" → drill to provider, then to resubmission rate
🏭
Manufacturing

Shift-level ops without the IT queue

Ask about production efficiency, then drill to shift, then to machine, then to maintenance history — all without a single ticket to the data team.

"Which shift is driving the most scrap on Line 3?" → root cause and cost impact in the same session
🧠
BI & Analytics Teams

Spend less time on ad-hoc, more on strategy

Let business users have their own conversations with data. Your team focuses on the governed model and high-value analysis — not fielding the same questions weekly.

"Our BI team reclaimed 60% of their week once teams could ask their own follow-up questions" — Sunflower Lab client
How It Works

From first question to deep insight — in one session.

Conversational BI isn't just NLP on top of a database. It's a governed session layer that understands where you've been in the conversation and where you're trying to go.

01💬

You open with any business question

No SQL. No navigating to a specific dashboard. Type in plain English — "How did we perform against targets last quarter?" — and the session begins.

→ No training or onboarding required
02🔍

The engine maps it to your governed data

Your question is resolved against your Power BI semantic model — using your actual DAX measures, business rules, and RLS policies — not a generic AI inference.

→ Every answer is grounded in your definitions
03📊

You get a verified answer with context stored

The answer comes back as a chart, table, or summary. Critically — the session layer stores what you asked, what entities were involved, and what filters were applied.

→ Context is the foundation for every follow-up
04

You ask a follow-up — context carries automatically

"Why did the West underperform?" doesn't need you to restate what you mean by West, which period, or which metric. The session already knows. Follow-ups are as fast as the first question.

→ Like talking to a colleague who was in the room
05🔒

Every step is validated and secured

Each turn of the conversation passes through the same validation layer — RLS enforced, query checked, access verified — before any data is returned. Going deeper in a conversation doesn't bypass governance.

→ Depth without security trade-offs
Client Results

What changes when your data talks back.

From manufacturing ops to healthcare finance — results from teams that replaced their BI bottleneck with conversational analytics.

★★★★★

The ability to ask follow-up questions changed everything. Before, every drill-down meant another ticket. Now our ops directors just keep asking until they have the root cause — all in one session.

DL
David L.
COO · Mid-market Manufacturing
★★★★★

Our finance team used to request 4–5 reports per board meeting cycle. Now they run the entire analysis themselves in one conversation. The context retention is what makes it feel like a real analyst, not a query tool.

RA
Rachel A.
CFO · Healthcare Operations
★★★★★

We were sceptical about governance holding up across multi-turn questions. It does. RLS is respected at every turn, and the answers stay grounded in our Power BI model no matter how deep the conversation goes.

MN
Michael N.
Head of Data Engineering · Enterprise SaaS
35+
Enterprise deployments
6 wks
Avg. time to first live query
4.9/5
Client satisfaction score
Mfg · HC · SaaS
Industries served
FAQs

Common questions answered.

What is conversational BI?+
Conversational BI is a way of interacting with your business data through a back-and-forth dialogue — like a conversation — rather than navigating static dashboards. You ask a question, get an answer, follow up, drill down, and refine — all in plain English, with full context retained across the conversation.
How is this different from a standard dashboard?+
Dashboards answer questions you thought to ask when you built them. Conversational BI answers the questions you have right now — including follow-ups, what-ifs, and drilldowns that no dashboard could anticipate. The key difference is context retention: each follow-up question is aware of everything asked before it in the session.
Does this replace our Power BI dashboards?+
No — it complements them. Your existing Power BI reports stay in place for structured, recurring reporting. Conversational BI handles the ad-hoc questions, follow-ups, and exploratory analysis that dashboards can't anticipate. Most clients run both side by side.
Can multiple team members use it simultaneously?+
Yes. Each user has their own session with full context retention. Power BI Row-Level Security means each person only sees data they're authorised to access — a regional manager and a CFO can ask the same question and get appropriately scoped answers without any manual configuration per user.
How long does implementation take?+
Most engagements reach first live queries within 6 weeks. We start with a 30-minute architecture review, map your existing Power BI semantic model, and build the conversational layer on top — no data migration, no disruption to current workflows. We'll outline the exact timeline for your environment on the assessment call.
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We'll map your current Power BI environment and show you exactly what a conversational BI layer would look like in your stack — in one 30-minute call.

No commitment. No sales pitch. Just a practical roadmap.

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