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BI Insights + AI Insights = Decision Intelligence

Fusion Insights fuses BI Insights with AI Insights that reason over your own data β€” so every leader can ask any question and make every decision with confidence.

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Trusted Foundation
BI Insights
Pre-built, validated dashboards for enrollment, finance, student success, and IR
Ask Fusion
AI Insights
Ask any question in plain English β€” no SQL, no waiting on IT
The Result
Decision Intelligence
Faster, more confident decisions in the same conversation

Not two separate tools. One fused experience.

Leaders start with BI Insights for trusted context, then go deeper with AI Insights to explore, interrogate, and decide β€” in the same session.

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BI Insights

Pre-defined metrics, KPIs, and visualizations for enrollment, finance, student success, and IR. Data is modeled, calculated, and validated in advance β€” delivering a consistent, trusted view of institutional performance.

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AI Insights

AI-driven insights generated through natural language interaction. Users ask questions in their own words and receive answers, explanations, summaries, and recommendations β€” from the same trusted data foundation.

BI Insights + AI Insights = Decision Intelligence

What used to take weeks of separate meetings now happens in one conversation.

Every Fusion Insights session follows the same motion: BI Insights first, AI Insights second, outcome always.

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BI Insights
What happened?
Enrollment is down. Retention is flat. Revenue is below projection. Valuable β€” but the beginning of the conversation, not the end.
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AI Insights
Why did it happen?
What drove the decline? Which programs? What changed? Getting here without another round of analyst work is where institutions gain advantage.
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Decision Intelligence
What should we do next?
Not a separate step days later β€” the same trusted data, the same conversation. This is what accelerates outcomes.

From unified data to a trustworthy answer

Fusion Insights takes what Fusion Unify collects and turns it into Decision Intelligence β€” grounded, contextualized, and delivered in one interface.

Step 1
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Common Data Model
Standardizes higher ed entities β€” students, programs, terms, departments β€” into one integrated data model everyone works from.
Step 2
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Semantic Layer
Semantic Views and Data Views add institutional context β€” Context Engineering that encodes your definitions and rules so every answer is trustworthy.
Step 3
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BI & AI Insights
AI-Powered Analytics: BI insights and conversational AI via Ask Fusion, together in one interface, for every leader.
AI Insights

Meet Ask Fusion. Ask any question, in plain English.

Ask Fusion only answers from your institution's own data β€” the same data powering your BI Insights. It never reaches outside your environment, and every answer is traceable to a validated, governed source. No hallucinations. No guessing.

See Ask Fusion in Action β†’
Decisions & Outcomes

What Fusion Insights enables leaders to do

Leaders aren't asking for another report. They're asking questions β€” and Fusion Insights answers them, in the same conversation.

When should we intervene with at-risk students?
Fusion enables: BI Insights early alert trend + Ask Fusion behavioral pattern query
Intervention rates increase; retention improves; revenue protected.
Which programs are financially viable to grow, cut, or consolidate?
Fusion enables: BI Insights program margin view + Ask Fusion enrollment projection queries
Cabinet makes portfolio decisions with shared data, not competing spreadsheets.
Where are we losing students in the enrollment funnel?
Fusion enables: BI Insights enrollment funnel + Ask Fusion stage-by-stage conversion queries
Recruiting strategy is adjusted before yield season; conversion improves.
Is our financial aid strategy generating the right ROI?
Fusion enables: BI Insights aid effectiveness view + Ask Fusion merit/need mix scenario queries
Aid is reallocated toward higher-yield students; net tuition revenue improves.
Are we on track for accreditation and compliance reporting?
Fusion enables: BI Insights accreditation dashboard + Ask Fusion compliance gap queries
Accreditation submissions are faster, cleaner, and audit-ready.
How do our outcomes compare to peer institutions?
Fusion enables: BI Insights benchmarking view + Ask Fusion peer comparison queries
Leadership has external context for every internal metric.

Not a replacement. A fusion.

The most common questions leadership teams ask before bringing AI into their analytics.

"We already have Power BI or Tableau."
Fusion Insights isn't a replacement β€” it adds AI Insights to the BI your team already relies on. Your existing dashboards and data investments are the foundation; Fusion extends their value with an AI exploration layer.
"We're not ready for AI yet."
Fusion Insights starts with BI Insights your team already trusts. AI Insights via Ask Fusion are an extension, not a replacement β€” and only ever answer from your own institutional data. You control the rollout.
"How do we know the AI answers are accurate?"
Ask Fusion only answers from your institution's own data β€” the same data powering your BI Insights. It never reaches outside your environment. Every AI answer is traceable to a validated, governed source.
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