Alto IQ - Overview

Alto IQ is part of Alto Intelligence - Alto’s suite of AI capabilities - and acts as your built in AI data analyst within Alto Analytics.

It turns your data into a conversation, allowing you to ask questions in plain English and receive instant visual answers, summaries, and insights.

Instead of manually building reports, Alto IQ helps you quickly understand what’s happening in your business, and why.

What can Alto IQ do?

Alto IQ helps you explore your data in a faster, more intuitive way. You can:

• Ask questions about your data in natural language
• Instantly generate charts, tables, and lists
• Understand trends and performance over time
• Identify unusual activity or anomalies
• Compare results across time periods
• Receive AI-powered explanations and summaries
• Forecast future performance based on historical data

How does Alto IQ work?

Type a question about your data into Alto IQ. 

1. Click Reports on the main navigation bar
2. In the dropdown menu, click Analytics
3. On the left hand side, click Alto IQ
4. Ask a business question about your data

For example:

• “What is the average sale price at completion by property type?”
• “Why did applicant registrations drop last month?”
• “Compare commission this quarter vs last quarter by negotiator”

Alto IQ will return:

• A visual answer (chart, table, or KPI)
• Supporting data
• A plain English explanation of what’s happening

You can then drill into the data, ask follow-up questions, refine your query for deeper insights and pin useful answers to a custom dashboard.

For best results, start with a simple question, then ask follow-up questions such as “Why?” or “Show me [branch/negotiator] specifically” to move from a headline result to deeper insight.

Types of questions you can ask

Alto IQ supports a wide range of analysis types.

• Quick search - Get instant answers to straightforward performance questions
  “How many applicants are registered by branch this month?”, "What is the average sale price at completion by property type?"
• The 'why' and 'how' analysis - Understand what caused a change in your data
  “Why did commission at completion change last month?”, "Why did applicant registrations drop last month?"
• Anomaly detection - Surface unusual spikes, drops, or outliers
  “Are there any unusual spikes in applicant registrations?”, "Flag negotiators with an unusually high number of applicants not contacted in the last 14 days"
• Trend analysis - Identify patterns over time
  “Show me new applicant registrations by week over the last 6 months”, "What's the trend in appraisal to instruction conversion rate over the last 6 months?"
• Forecasting - Project future performance from current and historical data
  "Forecast total commission at completion for the next 3 months", “Forecast applicant registrations for the next 8 weeks by branch”
• Change analysis - Compare performance across different time periods
  "Compare commission at completion this quarter vs last quarter by negotiator", “How has the mix of applicant positions changed year on year?”
• Correlation - Explore relationships between different data points
  "Is there a relationship between lead source and intention?", “Does number of viewings impact likelihood of receiving an offer?”
• AI highlights and summaries - Generate plain English summaries from your data
  "Give me a summary of what changed in the sales pipeline last week", “Summarise fall-through activity this year by reason”

What data does Alto IQ use?

Alto IQ searches your Analytics data and includes areas such as:

• Sales pipeline and performance
• Lettings data
• Applicants and contacts
• Property management

Your data can be analysed across:

• Branches
• Negotiators
• Property types
• Lead sources
• Time periods

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