{"id":238257,"date":"2025-03-26T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/?p=238257"},"modified":"2025-03-27T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:46:09","slug":"data-agents-boosting-data-driven-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/2025\/03\/26\/data-agents-boosting-data-driven-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Agents Boost\u00ading data-dri\u00adven deci\u00adsion making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_\u200bpb_\u200bsection fb_built=\u201c1\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d da_disable_devices=\u201coff|off|off\u201d global_\u200bcolors_\u200binfo=\u201d{}\u201d da_is_popup=\u201coff\u201d da_exit_intent=\u201coff\u201d da_has_close=\u201con\u201d da_alt_close=\u201coff\u201d da_dark_close=\u201coff\u201d da_not_modal=\u201con\u201d da_is_singular=\u201coff\u201d da_with_loader=\u201coff\u201d da_has_shadow=\u201con\u201d][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201c4_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d text_orientation=\u201cjustified\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]One of the key suc\u00adcess fac\u00adtors of a&nbsp;mod\u00adern orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion is the abil\u00adi\u00adty to make data-dri\u00adven and fast deci\u00adsions through\u00adout the organization.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal data ana\u00adlyt\u00adics solutions&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dash\u00adboards and reports are a&nbsp;crit\u00adi\u00adcal start\u00ading point for any orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion in their data jour\u00adney. How\u00adev\u00ader, they have cer\u00adtain <strong>lim\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtions<\/strong> in terms of <strong>flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion <\/strong>and<strong> time\u00adli\u00adness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong> Reports have a&nbsp;fixed for\u00admat opti\u00admized for answer\u00ading a&nbsp;set of pre\u00adde\u00adfined ques\u00adtions. They can become con\u00adfus\u00ading if <strong>over\u00adloaded with infor\u00adma\u00adtion<\/strong> and details. As a&nbsp;result, reports are always a&nbsp;trade-off between pro\u00advid\u00ading details and pre\u00adsent\u00ading the big pic\u00adture. In prac\u00adtice, they can\u00adnot be designed to answer \u201cevery\u00adthing.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion:<\/strong> Reports are built into spe\u00adcif\u00adic apps such as Pow\u00ader BI, and users are required to nav\u00adi\u00adgate in these apps specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. Often users have <strong>sev\u00ader\u00adal reports<\/strong> they use and must find the cor\u00adrect one to answer the ques\u00adtion at hand. There is always fric\u00adtion when nav\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading e.g. from the typ\u00adi\u00adcal MS Office envi\u00adron\u00adment to exter\u00adnal&nbsp;app.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time\u00adli\u00adness:<\/strong> Due to tech\u00adni\u00adcal lim\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtions in report\u00ading solu\u00adtions, they typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly con\u00adtain <strong>data from the pre\u00advi\u00adous day<\/strong> back\u00adwards and do not reflect the cur\u00adrent sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion exact\u00adly. For very oper\u00ada\u00adtional needs, this is not suf\u00adfi\u00adcient, and users need to rely on get\u00adting data direct\u00adly from ERP or oth\u00ader IT sys\u00adtems to under\u00adstand what is hap\u00adpen\u00ading right&nbsp;now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Data Agents unlock\u00ading new val\u00adue in&nbsp;data<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To boost data-dri\u00adven deci\u00adsion-mak\u00ading, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in more oper\u00ada\u00adtional, fast-paced roles, orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions can start to har\u00adness the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of <strong>AI-dri\u00adven Data Agents<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A Data Agent is a&nbsp;Large Lan\u00adguage Mod\u00adel-pow\u00adered intel\u00adli\u00adgent appli\u00adca\u00adtion equipped with a&nbsp;set of crit\u00adi\u00adcal data ana\u00adlyt\u00adics tools. In prac\u00adtice, <strong>users chat with the Data Agent in Teams<\/strong> using <strong>nat\u00adur\u00adal lan\u00adguage<\/strong> and can ask detailed ques\u00adtions about their dai\u00adly oper\u00ada\u00adtions. Think of a&nbsp;Data Agent as a&nbsp;super\u00adcharged, per\u00adson\u00adal data ana\u00adlyst always at your dis\u00adpos\u00adal<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Exam\u00adple:<\/span><br> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201chttps:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TeamsChat_Black.jpg\u201d title_text=\u201cTeamsChat_Black\u201d align=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d text_orientation=\u201cjustified\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]Under the hood, the Data Agent trans\u00adforms the user\u2019s ques\u00adtion into data\u00adbase queries, exe\u00adcutes them, and final\u00adly trans\u00adlates the numer\u00adi\u00adcal results back into nat\u00adur\u00adal lan\u00adguage. By com\u00adbin\u00ading the unprece\u00addent\u00aded <strong>flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of Large Lan\u00adguage Mod\u00adels<\/strong>, <strong>tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal code exe\u00adcu\u00adtion<\/strong>, and the <strong>wealth of data in the organization\u2019s data plat\u00adform<\/strong>, we can achieve amaz\u00ading results.<\/p>\n<p>Every oper\u00ada\u00adtor, man\u00adag\u00ader, and leader in the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion can <strong>get answers<\/strong> to their ques\u00adtions relat\u00aded to the organization\u2019s oper\u00ada\u00adtions <strong>in sec\u00adonds<\/strong> instead of hours or days. Data Agents democ\u00adra\u00adtize data uti\u00adliza\u00adtion in the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion and pro\u00advide a&nbsp;mas\u00adsive boost towards holis\u00adtic, data-dri\u00adven deci\u00adsion-mak\u00ading at all levels.<\/p>\n<p>Data Agents com\u00adple\u00adment tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal dash\u00adboards and reports by offer\u00ading much-need\u00aded flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, time\u00adli\u00adness, and ease of use. When a&nbsp;prompt answer to a&nbsp;spe\u00adcif\u00adic ques\u00adtion is need\u00aded, a&nbsp;Data Agent is always ready to&nbsp;help.<\/p>\n<p>Imple\u00adment\u00ading Data Agents into pro\u00adduc\u00adtion-lev\u00adel use cas\u00ades is not sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion. They are <strong>ful\u00adly with\u00adin the grasp of every orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion<\/strong>, and use cas\u00ades are plen\u00adti\u00adful\u2009\u2014\u2009from Pur\u00adchas\u00ading to Cus\u00adtomer Ser\u00advice to Sales and beyond. The ques\u00adtion is not whether your orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion will start uti\u00adliz\u00ading Data Agents, but when. The most sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive advan\u00adtage can be achieved by adopt\u00ading them&nbsp;now.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>-\u2009\u2014\u2009-&nbsp;-<\/p>\n<p><em>The blog author is Antti Luo\u00adto, an expe\u00adri\u00adenced Data Archi\u00adtect well versed in tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies such as Data\u00adbricks, Synapse, Data Fac\u00adto\u00adry, Delta Lake, rela\u00adtion\u00adal data\u00adbas\u00ades, Pow\u00ader BI, Azure func\u00adtions and Azure Ope\u00adnAI Service.<\/em><br> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u201c1_4,1_4,1_2\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d background_size=\u201cinitial\u201d background_position=\u201ctop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201crepeat\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201c1_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d global_\u200bcolors_\u200binfo=\u201d{}\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u201c1_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d global_\u200bcolors_\u200binfo=\u201d{}\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_image src=\u201chttps:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Janne_Anttila_Beanie_Round.png\u201d title_text=\u201cJanne_Anttila_Beanie_Round\u201d url_new_window=\u201con\u201d align=\u201ccenter\u201d align_tablet=\u201ccenter\u201d align_\u200bphone=\u201d\u201d align_last_edited=\u201con|desktop\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d width=\u201c85%\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d custom_margin=\u201d|-10px||-30px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Janne Antti\u00adla&nbsp;CBO<br> Data and Ana\u00adlyt\u00adics, Isletter<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:janne.anttila@isletgroup.fi\">janne.\u200banttila@\u200bisletgroup.\u200bfi&nbsp;<\/a><br> +358 45 672&nbsp;8569<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u201c1_2\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d global_\u200bcolors_\u200binfo=\u201d{}\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201cmore infor\u00adma\u00adtion text (fill it if you want to\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d custom_margin=\u201d||40px|||\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=\u201cmailto:janne.anttila@isletgroup.fi\u201d url_new_window=\u201con\u201d button_text=\u201cGet in touch to hear more\u201d button_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d admin_label=\u201cemail\/get in touch but\u00adton\u201d module_class=\u201cCTA_box_bedrock\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d custom_margin=\u201c140px||||false|false\u201d global_\u200bcolors_\u200binfo=\u201d{}\u201d button_text_size__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_text_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_border_width__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_border_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_border_radius__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_bg_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=\u201coff\u201d][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201c4_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201c4.24.3\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]#AI #dataA\u00adgent #report\u00ading #data #ana\u00adlyt\u00adics #large\u00adLan\u00adguage\u00adMod\u00adel<br> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the key suc\u00adcess fac\u00adtors of a&nbsp;mod\u00adern orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion is the abil\u00adi\u00adty to make data-dri\u00adven and fast deci\u00adsions through\u00adout the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. 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