The Ultimate AI-Driven BI Platform: Zoho Analytics 6.0

Managing and analyzing vast data sources is no longer a complex task. With Zoho Analytics 6.0, businesses can now streamline the entire data flow and harness the potential of their data like never before.

1. Visual Data Pipelines
   Say goodbye to complicated coding and manual data wrangling! With Zoho’s new Visual Data Pipelines, users can easily build end-to-end data pipelines through an intuitive interface. You can prepare high-quality data using built-in functions or plug in your own custom transforms with Python. Whether you’re merging data or cleaning datasets, this feature offers unmatched flexibility and control.
   
2. Metrics Layer for Consistency and Reliability
   Managing business metrics across various departments can get chaotic. But with Zoho Analytics 6.0, the new Metrics Layer centralizes your key business metrics in one place. This ensures consistency across reports and dashboards, reduces errors, and allows for reusability and access control. Metrics can also be accessed via API, giving you the flexibility to use them wherever you need.
   
3. Stream Analytics for Real-Time Insights
   Real-time decision-making is crucial in today’s fast-paced world. Zoho Analytics now integrates Stream Analytics, allowing you to connect to streaming data from platforms like Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, PubNub, and more. Gain instant insights as data flows in, whether from customer behavior, transactional updates, or website interactions. With 25 new data connectors, including integrations for major enterprise applications like Netsuite, Monday.com, and Databricks, businesses can now process real-time data streams effortlessly.
   

1. New Visual Components 
   Data visualization just got an upgrade with 7+ new chart types in Zoho Analytics 6.0, such as treemaps, sankey diagrams, and racing charts. With over 50 existing charts already at your disposal, the possibilities for customizing your dashboards are endless.
   
2. Map Layering for Enhanced Exploration 
   For businesses with location-based data, the new Map Layering feature allows you to add multiple data layers to your geo maps. Whether you’re comparing customer distribution, tracking regional sales, or monitoring supply chains, map layering makes data exploration immersive and insightful.
   
3. Enhanced Dashboard Builder 
   Zoho Analytics has completely overhauled its dashboard builder, offering advanced customization options like global user filters, report view switching, and dynamic themes. Whether you want to showcase data trends or analyze KPIs, you can now build powerful dashboards that reflect your brand’s unique style and functionality.
   

1. Ask Zia – Now Smarter and Multilingual
   Zoho’s AI-powered assistant, Ask Zia, is now more advanced than ever. Not only can you chat with Zia directly within Microsoft Teams, but Zia also supports multiple languages like Spanish and French. Powered by OpenAI’s cutting-edge models, Zia can even generate complex SQL queries, saving you hours of manual data analysis.
   
2. Decision Intelligence with Diagnostics Analytics
   Go beyond the “what” and uncover the “why” behind your data insights. Zia Insights provides contextual intelligence by analyzing anomalies and patterns, delivering detailed diagnostics that drive smarter, data-backed decisions.
   
3. Auto Analysis with Predictive AI
   Zoho’s Auto Analysis Engine takes your data and instantly generates metrics, dashboards, and reports with advanced customization options. From anomaly detection to cluster analysis and multivariate forecasting, businesses can now predict trends, flag outliers, and group data with AI-powered precision.
   

1. No-Code Auto ML
   With Zoho’s no-code Auto ML Assistant, you can now easily build, test, and deploy machine learning models without writing a single line of code. Whether you’re predicting sales, analyzing customer churn, or optimizing operations, Zoho makes ML accessible for everyone.
   
2. Code Studio for Custom ML Models
   

   For data scientists who want full control, the Code Studio allows users to build custom ML models using Python. You can import models from external sources or develop them from scratch with the support of Zia’s Code Suggester, making it easy to accelerate your development.

1. Visual Narratives with Zia Insights
   With Visual Narratives, Zia Insights automatically transforms your data into easy-to-understand stories. This helps you share insights with non-technical teams and make data-driven decisions with clarity.
   
2. BI Fabric
   Zoho Analytics 6.0 introduces BI Fabric, a feature designed for organizations using multiple BI platforms. Now, you can integrate insights from tools like Tableau or Power BI into Zoho Analytics, creating a unified BI portal that ensures secure access with fine-grained control.
   
3. Export as PowerPoint with Smart Narratives
   Need to present your findings? With Zoho Analytics, you can now export dashboards and views as PowerPoint presentations, complete with Zia-generated narratives for better storytelling. Plus, you can protect these files with passwords to ensure sensitive information stays secure.
   

In today’s digital world, data is everything. Zoho Analytics 6.0 is the next-gen solution that helps you connect, manage, and analyze data across your organization with AI-driven automation, seamless integrations, and stunning visualizations. Whether you’re in retail, finance, marketing, or logistics, the platform is designed to empower you with the tools you need to make data-driven decisions and thrive in a data-first world.

Are you ready to unlock the true potential of your data? Zoho Analytics 6.0 is here to help your business grow smarter, faster, and more data-centric

If you are looking for guidance on how you can make the most of your business data with Zoho Analytics, Appz offers a free introductory consultation.