ChatVAL is built to grow alongside your business. What starts as an AI assistant that explains your data will soon become a powerful operator that executes tasks and delivers advanced analytics — all in plain English.
Here’s how we see ChatVAL evolving, within each phase, it would have its own set of features and deliverables that we will release to customers:
✅ Phase 1: Insight & Summary (Early Access)
ChatVAL explains what’s happening in your business — in plain English.
Answer questions on outlet sales, receipts, costs, and LQS
Flag missing data, anomalies, and unusual trends
Guide users to prebuilt metrics already processed by VAL
🧠 Example:
“Which outlets had 0 net sales last week?”
“Summarize my brand’s performance for March”
🔢 Phase 2: On-the-Fly Calculation (In Planning)
ChatVAL begins to perform calculations that aren’t already prebuilt in the dataset — directly during the conversation.
This phase enables ChatVAL to:
Dynamically compute values based on user-selected filters or date ranges
Combine fields and apply formulas that aren’t part of the pre-aggregated metrics
Handle interactive math (e.g., dividing two metrics, aggregating across dimensions, calculating ratios not stored in the data)
⚠️ These calculations are powered by logic modules in VAL, not guessed by the AI — ensuring accuracy and traceability.
🧮 Example:
“What’s the average basket size for weekends vs weekdays this month?”
“Divide net sales by man-hours for each outlet last week”
“Show total 3P sales for outlets with revenue above $10K in March”
“Which outlet has the highest item count per transaction this year?”
📊 Phase 3: Advanced Analytics (Planned)
ChatVAL surfaces deeper trends and actionable insights using prebuilt analytics modules.
Promotion uplift, item momentum, daypart performance
Forecasts and simulations using trend history
Explain analytics in business-friendly terms
📈 Example:
“Which items are growing the fastest in the last 30 days?”
“Show me the projected sales next month if current trend continues”
⚙️ Phase 4: Task Execution (Planned)
ChatVAL begins to act — not just answer.
Trigger data refresh, generate and export reports
Run prebuilt workflows (e.g. reconciliation, LQS check)
Push outputs to accounting, HR, or external systems
🛠️ Example:
“Export March reconciliation to Excel”
“Trigger staff shift planner for April”
🤖 Phase 5: Automation & Decision Support (Vision)
ChatVAL proactively identifies issues and suggests actions — almost like an ops co-pilot.
Detect data gaps and anomalies automatically
Recommend follow-ups or next best actions
Coordinate systems via smart logic triggers
🔔 Example:
“Notify ops if any outlet drops >15% in 3 consecutive days”
“Auto-flag LQS shortfalls and suggest shift adjustments”