Is iDBQuery a reporting tool?
iDBQuery does more than reporting — it generates charts, tables, live dashboards and shareable reports, but it starts from a plain-language question and cites every figure to its source. So instead of building reports by hand, you ask and get an answer, then turn it into a report.
iDBQuery covers what a reporting tool does, but it approaches it from the question rather than the report template.
- It produces the outputs. Charts, tables, live dashboards and shareable reports are all built in.
- It starts with a question. Rather than dragging fields into a report layout, you ask 'what were sales by region last quarter?' and iDBQuery builds the answer.
- Reports stay live and cited. A dashboard reflects current data because iDBQuery queries in place, and every figure is traceable to its source rows.
- It also investigates. Beyond static reports, the Analyst agent can dig into why a number moved, which pure reporting tools do not do.
So if your question is 'can iDBQuery replace the way I build reports today?', yes — but it changes the workflow. Instead of a specialist maintaining a library of reports and fielding change requests, anyone can ask for exactly the view they need and share it. For example, a manager can turn 'overdue invoices by customer' into a live report in seconds and send it on, knowing the recipient can click any figure back to source. Reporting is a subset of what iDBQuery does; the bigger shift is that reports become a by-product of asking, not a hand-built artefact you commission and wait for.
Updated 2026-06-22