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What are sales YTD by region?
You · 10:42 AM
Semantic model: Finance Reporting
| Region | YTD | PY YTD | Var |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | £4.2M | £3.6M | +16.7% |
| South | £2.8M | £2.7M | +3.7% |
| East | £1.9M | £2.1M | -9.5% |
North is driving most of the year-on-year increase, while South is broadly flat.
Nova · 10:42 AM
Your governed AI analyst, inside Microsoft Teams.
Nova connects to approved Power BI semantic models and gives finance, operations, and leadership teams governed answers, trends, comparisons, and explanations — using existing Microsoft identity and permissions.
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Usage-based pricing · not per-seat
- Works with Power BI semantic models
- Built for Microsoft Teams
- Permission-aware analysis
- £49 free usage credit
Designed for your Microsoft stack
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Designed for partner-led delivery
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Azure-hosted architecture
Power BI
Semantic model analysis
Microsoft Teams
Teams-native experience
Microsoft Fabric — designed for unified analytics and semantic model workflows
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Dashboards are useful. But they cannot answer follow-up questions.
A dashboard shows a snapshot. It does not explain variance, compare to prior year, break down by customer, or adapt when the conversation moves on. Finance and BI teams still field the same requests — every month-end, every board pack, every leadership meeting.
What the dashboard gives you
One view. Fixed filters. Pre-built charts. Users still leave with unanswered questions.
What users actually ask next
Six follow-ups before they have what they need — each one another ticket to finance or BI.
“Can you send me this by customer?”
The dashboard shows totals — not the cut they need.
“Why is this different to last month?”
Static reports do not explain movement.
“Can you compare it to PY?”
Every comparison means another export or request.
“Which region is driving the change?”
Follow-ups pile up after every board review.
“Can I get this in Teams?”
Leaders will not log into another portal mid-meeting.
“Can you just explain the variance?”
Numbers without narrative still need a human analyst.
Nova turns governed datasets into conversations.
Nova sits inside Microsoft Teams and connects to approved Power BI semantic models. Users ask natural language questions. Nova interprets the model, selects relevant measures, applies filters, and returns tables, trends, comparisons, and plain-English explanations.
Nova does not replace Power BI. It helps people interact with governed Power BI models more naturally — without building a new dashboard for every follow-up question.
Ask naturally
Follow up in the same thread
How it works
Three steps from Power BI connection to governed answers in Teams.
Connect Power BI
Users connect Nova to their Microsoft account and approved semantic models.
Ask in Teams
Ask questions naturally in a personal chat or team conversation.
Get governed answers
Nova returns numbers, tables, trends, comparisons, explanations, and suggested follow-ups.
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Built for the Microsoft reporting stack.
Nova is not a standalone analytics tool. It extends the Microsoft investments you already have — Teams for collaboration, Power BI for governed models, Fabric for unified data, Azure for hosting — without creating uncontrolled exports or disconnected spreadsheets.
Microsoft Teams
Nova lives where your team already collaborates — no new portal to learn.
Power BI semantic models
Query approved datasets with governed measures, dimensions, and relationships.
Microsoft Fabric
Designed for organisations building on Fabric's unified analytics platform.
Microsoft Azure
Azure-hosted architecture designed for enterprise deployment patterns.
Existing Microsoft identity
Uses your organisation's Microsoft sign-in — no separate credentials.
Governed reporting workflows
Keeps analysis centred on approved models rather than uncontrolled exports.
If your organisation runs on Microsoft Teams and Power BI, Nova fits your existing workflow — not a parallel reporting environment.
Enterprise features for governed analytics
Everything your finance, operations, and BI teams need to ask questions safely inside Teams.
Teams-native experience
Ask questions in personal chat or team channels without switching apps.
Power BI semantic model analysis
Connect to approved models and query governed measures and dimensions.
Measure-aware responses
Nova interprets your model's measures, not generic spreadsheet logic.
Trend and comparison analysis
Compare periods, track variances, and surface year-on-year changes.
Breakdown by dimensions
Slice results by region, customer, product, site, or other model fields.
Existing Microsoft identity
Sign in with Microsoft and work within your organisation's identity.
Permission-aware model access
Nova respects Power BI access — users only see what they are allowed to.
Audit-friendly usage trail
Designed for enterprise reporting workflows with traceable usage.
Credit-based usage
Simple consumption pricing with transparent usage visibility.
Built for finance and operations
Purpose-built for management reporting, variance analysis, and ops KPIs.
Built for the teams that ask the most questions
Finance, operations, sales, BI, and leadership — Nova helps each team get governed answers without waiting on manual report cuts.
Finance
- Management reporting
- Board pack analysis
- Variance explanations
- PY comparisons
- Month-end support
Nova is not a generic chatbot.
Purpose-built for governed Power BI semantic models inside Microsoft Teams — not a standalone AI tool or another dashboard login.
Where it lives
Chatbot
Dashboard
Nova
Understands your semantic model
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Dashboard
Nova
Uses governed measures
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Dashboard
Nova
Works in Teams
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Dashboard
Nova
Can answer follow-up questions
Chatbot
Dashboard
Nova
Reduces repeat BI requests
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Dashboard
Nova
Built around Power BI
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Dashboard
Nova
Uses existing Microsoft access
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Designed for finance and operations
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Nova
Comparison reflects Nova's intended product design. Features may vary by deployment configuration.
Start free. Pay based on usage.
Nova uses credit-based, consumption pricing — not per-user seat licences. Start with £49 free usage credit, then top up as your team asks more questions. No complex rollout required.
Free Start
Try Nova with real semantic models. No card required.
- £49 free usage credit
- No credit card required
- Sign in with Microsoft
- Connect approved semantic models
- Ask questions in Teams
- Usage visibility dashboard
Usage-Based
Pay for consumption, not headcount. Scale at your pace.
- No per-seat licensing
- Top up credits when you need more
- Transparent consumption model
- Suitable for finance, ops, sales, leadership
- Team adoption without licence negotiations
- Scale usage gradually
Enterprise
Governance review, pilot support, and deployment assistance.
- Custom controls and governance review
- Finance or operations pilot support
- Deployment assistance
- Commercial support
- Volume pricing on request
Run a finance or operations pilot
Start with one approved semantic model — finance reporting, ops KPIs, or sales performance. Let a focused team ask real questions in Teams, measure adoption, and demonstrate value before a wider rollout. No seat-based commitment required.
Built for governed Microsoft data environments.
Nova is designed to work with approved models and existing access patterns — not to create a second uncontrolled reporting layer.
Will Nova create another uncontrolled data layer?
No. Nova queries approved Power BI semantic models within existing permissions. It does not copy data into spreadsheets or shadow databases.
Can users access data they shouldn't see?
Nova is designed to respect Power BI access controls. Users only query models they are authorised to access, under their Microsoft identity.
Does this bypass our governance model?
Nova keeps governance centred on the semantic model — the same measures, dimensions, and access rules your BI team already manages.
Enterprise controls
- Uses Microsoft identity
- Connects to approved Power BI semantic models
- Designed to respect user access
- No uncontrolled spreadsheet exports
- Audit-friendly usage tracking
- Azure-hosted architecture
- Designed for enterprise reporting workflows
- Keeps governance centred around the semantic model
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Nova, Power BI, Teams, and pricing.
No. Nova complements Power BI by helping business users ask questions against approved semantic models inside Microsoft Teams. Dashboards and reports remain your source of governed truth — Nova makes that data more accessible through conversation.
Give your team an analyst they can ask directly.
Connect an approved semantic model and let finance, operations, and leadership ask governed questions in Microsoft Teams — without building another dashboard.
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