Data landscapes today resemble vast, uncharted territories. Schemas sprawl like mountain ranges, tables multiply like hidden caves, and metadata often feels like an old, half-finished map. Finding the right path shouldn’t require guesswork — and with Ellie.ai, it doesn’t.

Ellie.ai now has a new chat capability that we call Lumi. Users can converse with it to ask for recommendations on data assets or models, making exploration more intuitive than ever. This AI-powered conversational capability transforms Ellie.ai into a true next-gen source navigator, guiding you to the right sources, entities, and models when you need them most.

The market challenge

According to Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Data Management 2025, organizations are navigating a frontier where data products, lakehouse architectures, and metadata-driven governance are no longer “nice-to-haves,” but survival tools. Yet Gartner also warns that by 2027, 60% of organizations will fail to realize AI’s business value because of rigid governance frameworks.

McKinsey echoes this: while AI-ready infrastructure is booming, the real bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s data itself. Teams struggle with findability, quality, and orchestration, leaving data hidden in plain sight.

That’s why we built Ellie.ai’s next-gen data navigator: to make the complex landscape understandable, navigable, and actionable.

What Ellie.ai’s AI-powered conversational capability brings

Ellie.ai’s conversational capability goes far beyond a traditional search bar. More than just listing tables, it explains context, connects assets, and guides you toward what matters.

• Find relevant sources faster: Ask questions in plain language — Ellie.ai interprets your intent and shows you the most relevant datasets.
  
  
• Clarity through enriched metadata: AI transforms technical details, so cryptic table names become clear, business-friendly descriptions.
  
  
• Uncover relationships: Reveal links across models, entities, and systems for a complete picture of your data landscape.
  
  
• Maintain context: Ellie.ai remembers your exploration path, supporting step-by-step refinement and iterative discovery.
  
  

Use cases in action

Source Table Discovery:
Skip the guesswork. Ellie.ai surfaces the most relevant tables for your business question, instantly.

Schema & Table Exploration:
Find and describe schemas across all environments in seconds — with rich business context.

Business Entity Mapping:
Get a complete view of your key entities, with attributes and relationships mapped across every system.

Model & Metadata Navigation:
Move seamlessly between conceptual, logical, and physical models, with metadata and descriptions unified.

Cross-System Comparison:
Instantly spot and reconcile differences in entities and attributes across multiple systems.

Iterative Exploration:
Refine your data search step by step — Ellie.ai keeps your context and progress intact.

Model Comparison:
Compare concepts like Order or Customer across models, surfacing overlaps and gaps for faster alignment.

Why this matters for your business

Ellie.ai transforms opaque technical tables into clear, actionable assets — saving time and reducing risk. Teams navigate data faster, products are built on stronger foundations, and governance shifts from rigid policing to building trust.

• Business leaders gain reliable insights for smarter decisions.
  
  
• Data teams benefit from fewer dead ends and more clarity.
  
  
• The whole organization achieves true alignment — business and IT finally speak the same data language.
  
  

Bringing it all together

Data exploration shouldn’t be guesswork, and you shouldn’t have to decipher cryptic maps or wander without direction. With Ellie.ai’s new conversational data source navigator — combined with our smart data modeling capabilities — every path becomes clear. You see what matters, how everything connects, and where to look next. Discover your data’s true potential and make confident decisions, every step of the way.

👉 Ready to experience it yourself? Book a demo today and see how Ellie.ai’s next-gen source navigator can turn complexity into clarity.

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