Copilot and natural-language questions on governed data
A business enabled Copilot in Power BI and natural-language question and answer over a governed model, so people got answers without waiting on a new report.
- Ad hoc requests
- -40%
- to the data team, example
- Answer time
- Seconds
- from days
- Grounding
- Governed model
- not freehand
- Security
- RLS enforced
- in answers
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Result
People got trustworthy answers in plain language, and the data team spent its time building instead of fielding one-off questions.
The challenge
Every new question meant a ticket to the data team, so simple answers took days and the backlog only grew as more people wanted self-service.
What we built
We prepared the semantic model for Copilot, added clear measure and field descriptions, set up natural-language Q&A, and ran enablement so answers respected the same security and definitions as every report.
- A Copilot-ready semantic model with described measures.
- Natural-language question and answer over governed data.
- Guardrails so answers respect row-level security.
Outcomes
- Common questions answered in seconds, not days.
- The report backlog shrank as self-service grew.
- AI grounded on governed measures, not guesses.
Where the data came from
Data is drawn from the systems the operation already runs on and delivered in the client’s own tenant.
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