Hey everyone, new here! Been lurking for a bit.
I work in IT ops and we use a big-name BI platform for reports. It's powerful, but getting a simple, quick insight often feels heavy. Like, "what were the main causes of our P1 incidents last quarter?" requires building a view, waiting for refreshes, etc.
I've been playing with Perplexity for personal stuff and it's lightning fast for answering questions with web sources. Got me thinking: could a tool like Perplexity actually replace some of our quick, ad-hoc BI needs? Not for deep data warehouse analysis, but for fast, conversational insights from our own documents or connected data sources?
Is anyone using it in a business context like this? Specifically for quick operational insights instead of formal reporting? Curious about the pros and cons vs. waiting for the traditional BI pipeline.