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How it works

Ask Power BI questions directly in Teams.

Nova is designed to connect to approved semantic models, interpret natural language questions, and return governed answers — tables, trends, comparisons, and explanations — without leaving Microsoft Teams.

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Start free in minutes

Sign in with Microsoft at nova.datanovalabs.com or install Nova in Teams. Activate your organisation with $69 free usage credit — no card required.

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Connect Power BI & ask in Teams

Run the connect command in Teams, pick your semantic model, and ask KPIs in personal chat or @Nova in channels.

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Get governed answers — and more

Receive KPIs, trends, model audits, BA packs, board pack reviews, document search, and optional report drafts — all within your Microsoft permissions.

Illustrative product preview

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AI Analyst · Microsoft Teams

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What are sales YTD by region?

You · 10:42 AM

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Semantic model: Finance Reporting

Sales YTD by region with prior year comparison
RegionYTDPY YTDVar
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

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What Nova does behind the scenes

A business-friendly view of the governed analysis flow — credible for BI teams, clear for finance and operations buyers.

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Checks Microsoft identity

Nova is designed to authenticate users through Microsoft identity before any analysis begins.

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Lists approved semantic models

Users see semantic models they are permitted to use — not every dataset in the tenant.

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Preserves Power BI permissions

Queries run within the signed-in user's existing Power BI access controls.

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Queries governed measures

Nova interprets natural language against approved measures, dimensions, and relationships.

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Returns numbers, tables, narrative, and follow-ups

Answers include structured results, plain-English explanation, and suggested next questions.

Not another dashboard. An AI analyst your team can actually use.

Traditional dashboards require users to know where to click, which filter to apply, and how to interpret the result. Nova is designed to let business users ask follow-up questions naturally — “break this down by customer”, “compare to last year”, “explain the variance” — all within the same Teams conversation.

Permission-aware from the start

Nova is designed to check Power BI access before querying any model. Users only see data they are authorised to access.

Semantic model selection

Users select from approved semantic models. Nova uses the model context to interpret questions and return relevant measures and dimensions.

Tables, trends, and narratives

Answers include structured data tables alongside plain-English explanations that help finance and operations teams act faster.

Suggested follow-ups

Nova suggests logical next questions to help users explore data without starting over in a dashboard.

Start free with Microsoft sign-in — $69 usage credit, no card required. Premium features included while credits remain.

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Try Nova on your semantic model this week

Activate with $69 free usage credit — no card required. Same feature set on every plan: semantic Q&A, board packs, document intelligence, channel safeguards, and portal governance.

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