AI Analytics for Business Intelligence

A step-by-step guide to AI-native analytics systems for BI practitioners

Building Business Intelligence Apps with AI provides a step-by-step guide for data analysts, data engineers, and BI developers who need to integrate AI into their analytics workflows. Written by Ryan Dolley, a data industry veteran with fifteen years of experience across BI development, consulting, and data vendor roles, this book shows how to partner with AI to deliver better data models, dashboards, and business queries while building AI-native experiences for end users.

The book addresses data foundations, outsourcing repetitive tasks to AI, and scaling autonomous analytics systems that maintain accuracy and data governance. Readers learn practical steps for increasing individual and team effectiveness using AI while avoiding common pitfalls such as hallucination, data inaccuracy, and user abandonment. It delivers operating models that data departments need, covering everything from data blending and dashboard creation to personalization and responsiveness.

Readers will also find:

• Practical techniques for partnering with LLMs to accelerate data modeling, querying, and dashboard development across BI workflows
• Strategies to outsource repetitive analytics tasks to AI while maintaining rigorous data governance and accuracy standards
• Operating models for individuals and data departments to scale AI-native analytics systems that end users adopt
• Methods for building autonomous, personalized analytics experiences that address user expectations for speed and responsiveness
• Guidance on avoiding AI pitfalls including hallucination, data inaccuracy, and user abandonment in production analytics environments

Data analysts, data engineers, BI developers, and their managers will find in this book the specific skills and operating models needed to integrate AI into daily analytics work. It equips practitioners to build accurate, autonomous analytics systems while strengthening data governance and accelerating delivery across their teams.