ChatBI works like a professional data analyst embedded in your browser. Ask a question about your dataset in plain language, and ChatBI handles the rest — querying the data, building visualizations, and delivering a report with findings and charts.
Before you begin
Make sure you meet the following requirements before starting a session.
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Serverless resource group | A Serverless resource group must exist in the region where you use ChatBI. |
| Dataset | A dataset must be created before you can start a session. |
| MySQL data source | ChatBI may generate SQL that performs a full table scan. On large tables, this increases database load. Use a secondary database for the dataset to avoid affecting your production environment. |
| Hologres data source | Plan your data tables carefully. Use partitioned tables to prevent query timeouts caused by large query ranges. |
Start a session
Log on to Alibaba Cloud and access the ChatBI intelligent data insight page from your browser. Select the region where your DataWorks resource group and datasets are located.
In the navigation pane on the left, click New Chat. In the session window, click Select Dataset.
Enter your analysis question in the input box.
How it works
After you submit a question, ChatBI runs through the following stages automatically.
Understand the question
ChatBI interprets your question by rewriting and expanding it, standardizing semantics, organizing the query logic, and decomposing the task into steps.
Identify the target table
ChatBI searches the dataset for relevant tables and explains why each table was selected.
Generate an execution plan
Based on the complexity of your question, ChatBI generates one or more SQL statements. You can copy and collapse the SQL code to inspect it.
Run the query
The generated SQL runs automatically and retrieves the query results.
Generate a report
ChatBI produces a report from the query results, including a title, an overall description, visualizations, and conclusions.
This report is generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and is for reference only. The report content in this topic uses sample data for demonstration purposes.
The report also includes a detailed data file as an attachment. Click the file name to view the data, or click 
to download it.
Share the report
At the end of the report, click Share. You can generate an HTML link or export the report as a PDF file.
