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Reporting automation and data workflows

Recurring reports built, checked and delivered without anyone exporting spreadsheets.

What is reporting automation?

Reporting automation pulls data from your source systems on a schedule, checks it against previous periods, builds the report and writes a plain-language summary of what changed. An owner approves it before it goes out. It replaces the weekly export-and-paste routine and keeps records consistent between your CRM, finance system and shared spreadsheets.

Weekly report · Revenue · w/c 6 Oct

Illustrative

New pipeline

$412k

+18% (better)

Win rate

27%

−3 pts (worse)

Days to close

41

−4 days (better)

Summary

Pipeline grew on the back of 11 inbound demos from the September webinar. Win rate slipped because three mid-market deals were lost on price in procurement. Cycle time improved after security reviews moved earlier in the process.

Anomaly flagged

Awaiting owner review

Partner-sourced pipeline in EMEA is down 62% against its 8-week average. The partner portal sync last succeeded on 7 Oct. Owner: Lena K.

Sent to 9 people · Mon 08:00 · built from HubSpot, Stripe and the partner sheet

The problem

Weekly and monthly reports are rebuilt by hand from exports, and records drift out of sync between the CRM, the finance system and shared spreadsheets.

Our approach

We connect your data sources, keep records in sync, and automate recurring reports from data pull to written summary. Each report is compared with the previous period and anomalies are flagged before it goes out.

  • Reports delivered on schedule
  • Records consistent across systems
  • Anomalies flagged before reports go out

How one run works

Each step is either fixed logic, a model doing the reading or drafting, or a person on your team. You decide which steps wait for approval.

  • Collect · data agent

    Pulls data from each source

  • Check · validation step

    Compares with previous periods

  • Write · writer agent

    Drafts the summary and commentary

  • Send · your team

    Owner approves before distribution

Reporting and data · one run

Illustrative
  1. CollectPulls data from each sourceData agent
  2. CheckCompares with previous periodsValidation step
  3. WriteDrafts the summary and commentaryWriter agent
  4. SendOwner approves before distributionHuman in the loop
Reports delivered on schedule

What we build for you

We connect your data sources, keep records in sync, and automate recurring reports from data pull to written summary.

  • 1

    Data connectors

    CRM, finance, operations and product data pulled on schedule.

  • 2

    Record sync and clean-up

    Duplicates merged and fields kept consistent between systems.

  • 3

    Scheduled reports

    Weekly and monthly reports assembled and checked automatically.

  • 4

    Written summaries

    A plain-language summary of what changed and why it matters to the reader.

Related systems in production

Your project starts from architecture we already run.

All systems

Questions about reporting automation

Do we need a data warehouse?

No. We can work directly with your source systems, or with a warehouse such as Snowflake or BigQuery if you already have one.

Does it work with Power BI, Looker or Tableau?

Yes. If your team already uses a BI tool, we feed it clean, reconciled data and add the written summary and anomaly checks around it. We don’t rebuild dashboards that already work. If you want plain-language questions on top of that data, including AI in Power BI, see our guide to AI business intelligence.

What is automated reporting?

Automated reporting means the report builds itself on a schedule: data is pulled from each source, checked against the last period, formatted and sent to the people who read it. A weekly sales pack or a month-end owner report are typical examples. The report owner still reviews anything flagged before it goes out.

How is this different from AI features in a BI tool?

BI assistants answer questions about data that is already in the dashboard. Reporting automation does the work before that: pulling from each source, fixing duplicates and mismatched fields, checking the numbers against last period and getting the report approved and sent.

How do you catch wrong numbers before a report goes out?

Each run compares totals with source systems and with previous periods. Large swings, missing data and failed syncs are flagged to the owner with the likely cause, and the report waits for approval when a check fails.

Guides on reporting automation

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Other solutions

Tell us which reports your team rebuilds every week.

A 30-minute call with an engineer. You will leave knowing what a system could do for that workflow and what it would take to build.

What happens next

  1. 1

    Strategy call

    We learn how the workflow runs today and what a good outcome would be.

  2. 2

    Workflow audit

    We map the process and measure where a system would save the most time.

  3. 3

    Proposal

    A written scope, timeline and fixed price for your first system. No obligation to build.