Using AI Analyst

Last updated: April 17, 2026

AI Analyst is a business intelligence AI assistant that can navigate, analyze, and summarize your financial data. AI Analyst can create and edit reports, explain SaaS metrics, and summarize your data.

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Prompting AI Analyst

AI Analyst is a versatile tool for navigating Grid. When prompting AI Analyst, keep the following in mind:

Creating and Editing Charts

Create charts with prompts and specify the

  • Include descriptors about the metric you want to see

    • "How much does it cost to acquire a customer?"

  • Specify date ranges and aggregations for the metric

    • "What's my MRR each quarter for the past 6 quarters?"

  • Explain any settings and segments that should be included in the metrics

"Show me contracted ARR for my Enterprise segment"

  • Specify the metric or chart element you want modified

    • "Update the CAC metric to include only marketing

    • "Change the ARR to a line graph"

Analyzing Data

  • Ask questions about metrics

    • "What's my CAC this quarter?"

  • Ask questions about customers

    • "Who are my biggest new customers this quarter?"

Learn Metrics

  • Ask questions on metrics formulas and calculation

    • "How does NDR get calculated?"

    • "Explain the formula for CAC"

  • Learn how to change and influence metrics

    • "What can I do to improve my LTV/CAC ratio?

Learn Grid

  • Ask questions about how to use Grid

    • "How can I make a customer segment?"

    • "Where can I add viewer users in Grid?"