Using QuestAI

This topic walks you through the steps to use QuestAI assistants. To get accurate responses, it is important that you know which specialist assistant to use when. However, if you are unsure, you can also use the Universal Semantic Assistant.

The following table guides you on which assistant to use in which scenarios:

If your question is about

Use this assistant

A question that crosses multiple topics at once

Universal Semantic Assistant

You are not sure which assistant to use

Universal Semantic Assistant

Finding or exploring a dataset, table, or column

Catalog Assistant

Where data comes from or what will break if it changes

Lineage Assistant

What a business term means or who defined it

Glossary & Ownership Assistant

Who owns a dataset or who to contact about an issue

Glossary & Ownership Assistant

Which data product to use for your analysis

Data Marketplace Assistant

Trust scores, SLAs, or requesting access to data

Data Marketplace Assistant

Generating definitions, tags, or classifications for assets

Stewardship Assistant

To use QuestAI assistants, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Application Menu > QuestAI.

    The QuestAI page opens.

    QuestAI landing page with all assistants displayed as tiles

  2. Select your assistant. You have two options:

    • Start with the Universal Assistant if you are unsure where to begin, or your question touches more than one area of data intelligence.

    • Use a specialist if you already know what you need.

      For example, use the Lineage Assistant if you want to trace where a metric comes from.

  3. To start a conversation, click the required assistant.

    The conversation screen opens.

    For example, click the Universal Semantic Assistant.

    QuestAI Universal Semantic Assistant's conversation screen

  4. Type your question in plain English.
    The assistant will respond with a structured, easy-to-read answer.

    For best results, plain language works the best. Do not use commands or syntax. You do not need to use technical terminology. The assistants are designed to understand business language. Asking "where does our churn number come from?" works just as well as "show upstream lineage for the churn_rate column".

    For example, type Give me a complete picture of the Customer dataset. The assistant starts analyzing your query.

    QuestAI Universal Semantic Assistant analyzing the query

    The assistant responds with an answer as shown in the following image.

    QuestAI Universal Sematic Assistant's response to the customer dataset analysis

    You can click assets or tags in the assistant's response to know more about it. For example, click Address and then click HIPAA. The assistant responds with information about the Address asset. However, for HIPAA, it does not find any assets.

    QuestAI Universal Sematic Assistant's response to the more about address and HIPAA

    Next, ask about assets classified as HIPAA.

    QuestAI Universal Sematic Assistant's response about HIPAA tagged business terms

    You can now build on your original query and follow up with questions. Each conversation is contextual. You can ask follow-up questions, and the assistant will remember the context of your previous conversation.