What is Ask Yellowfin and Code Assistant? Introducing AI Chatbots


Key features and benefits of Yellowfin chatbots

Using Idera’s AIDA platform as the main structure to deliver these new AI-powered chatbots, we have trained each AI model using Yellowfin sample code and Yellowfin Wiki documentation. The result is that your developers and analysts can save time and skip the tedious process of searching for help in Yellowfin documentation and trying out code.

This is especially useful to help your clients onboard and install Yellowfin easily, or be the first to check with for any issues or clarifications they have about the Yellowfin product suite – even generating some sample code for them where required, too!

Our intelligent Yellowfin AI chatbots have been trained on over 400 topics from Yellowfin’s Wiki documentation, and within just 3 days of launch, there were over 100 questions that Ask Yellowfin and Code Assistant have helped to answer.

Here are more details about each of them and where users can access them easily.

How to use Ask Yellowfin

Both Ask Yellowfin and Code Assistant chatbots can be accessed via the Yellowfin website in the main navigation bar, under ‘Support’.

Upon selecting one of the two chatbots, you will be greeted with a search bar to type in your query, and a brief explanation of what both Ask Yellowfin and Code Assistant can do.

For example, here’s what Ask Yellowfin looks like upon loading the page:

Ask Yellowfin allows you to instantly access information, and get quick answers to your questions about Yellowfin’s features and capabilities. It does so by providing step-by-step guidance on navigating through complex functionalities with ease, and advice on best practices at your fingertips for analysis, reporting and data visualization using Yellowfin.

Here’s what it looks like when asking ‘how to onboard Yellowfin for my client?’

Within seconds, Ask Yellowfin generates a helpful summary in natural language/plain English, and the steps you can take to onboard your client, while also providing links to other helpful, relevant documentation for technical users and specific use-cases, such as onboarding Yellowfin to AWS.

How to use Yellowfin Code Assistant

Code Assistant works similarly to Ask Yellowfin, but is the preferred option for technical users to leverage when needing to write or error-check code faster. It provides intelligent completions that dentify and fix syntax errors in an instant, saving you valuable time, as well as helpful insights into understanding your code – all generated in an instant.

For example, here’s what Yellowfin Code Assistant looks like upon loading the page:


Following this guide, try asking Code Assistant, ‘How to generate token using REST API in Python?’ – here are the results: 

Ask you can see, Code Assistant has instantly generated a helpful code snippet to use to generate a token using the Yellowfin REST API in Python, saving valuable time and effort.

In another example, try asking Yellowfin Code Assistant about error 9:

In this answer, Code Assistant provides an instant step-by-step walkthrough to rectify the issue, and help your users in their troubleshooting efforts. This is particularly handy as you can ask for support with a problem at any time, from anywhere, given Code Assistant (and Ask Yellowfin) are handily web-based and readily available on the Yellowfin website.

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