Frequently Asked Questions

Questions and answers about search-based analytics on Knowi

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A lot of business users have some data literacy but not the deep syntax knowledge required to analyze data themselves. With search-based analytics, your team (or customers if you embed) can explore the data by entering questions and getting back actionable data. This will eliminate the need to go to the data science team every time someone wants to explore the business metrics or statistics. 

In short, yes. And if you are employing a complex use case we recommend it. This usually involves working with the Knowi team of solution engineers to build out custom associations and synonyms for the natural language processing engine that powers your search-based analytics. 

Yes, the Knowi platform features full embedding with either iframes or javascript. It also features white-labeling so you can replace all Knowi branding with your own. With this option, you can let your clients enter queries in plain English and get back actionable data in real time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions and answers about search-based analytics on Knowi

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A lot of business users have some data literacy but not the deep syntax knowledge required to analyze data themselves. With search-based analytics, your team (or customers if you embed) can explore the data by entering questions and getting back actionable data. This will eliminate the need to go to the data science team every time someone wants to explore the business metrics or statistics. 

In short, yes. And if you are employing a complex use case we recommend it. This usually involves working with the Knowi team of solution engineers to build out custom associations and synonyms for the natural language processing engine that powers your search-based analytics. 

Yes, the Knowi platform features full embedding with either iframes or javascript. It also features white-labeling so you can replace all Knowi branding with your own. With this option, you can let your clients enter queries in plain English and get back actionable data in real time.

Embed AI Analytics Inside Your App

Deliver powerful analytics into your product which is fast, scalable, and secure.

Connect & Query

Instantly build datasets from any source, SQL, NoSQL, APIs, files or documents, without ETL

Visualize & Explore

Transform, clean, or enrich your data and visualize it with 40+ chart types.

Embed Analytics Anywhere

Embed entire dashboards or individual charts directly into your application using a secure URL, JavaScript SDK, or iFrame.
Embed dashboards, widgets, or full analytics modules directly inside your product, fully native to your UX.
  • JS SDK or iFrame embedding
  • Secure, token-based embed URLs
  • Full white-labeling: custom branding, themes, and layouts
  • Hide Knowi UI elements for a seamless experience
Serve thousands of customers from a single analytics layer, without data leakage.
  • Tenant isolation and workspace-level permissions
  • Row-Level Security (RLS) with dynamic user/org filtering
  • SSO, JWT, and attribute-based access controls
  • Built for SaaS, B2B, and customer-facing analytics

Manage analytics programmatically from your backend.

  • Create and update dashboards via REST APIs
  • Provision users, groups, permissions, and tenants
  • Control embeds, tokens, audit logs, and access rules
  • Trigger actions, alerts, or external APIs from charts
Bring intelligence directly into your application, not as a bolt-on.
  • AI-generated dashboards, summaries, and recommendations
  • Natural language queries (ask your data in plain English)
  • Anomaly and pattern detection
  • Real-time and streaming analytics (Kafka, webhooks, event streams)
Analytics that works on top of your existing stack.
  • SQL, NoSQL, APIs, files, object storage, and documents
  • Native support for nested JSON and schema-less data
  • Cloud, on-prem, hybrid and customer VPC deployments
  • No ETL pipelines, no custom charting, no BI maintenance

Embedding Analytics Overview

Get an overview about Knowi’s embedding capabilities

The Cost of Building vs. Embedding

Building In-House

  • Starts simple, becomes expensive fast
  • Requires BI engineers, data engineers, front-end charting, UX
  • Every new source or schema change adds work
  • Ongoing burden: maintenance, scaling, security, compliance

Embedding with Knowi

  • Production-ready analytics from day one
  • Fully white-labeled & secure
  • No ETL, no pipelines, no custom BI engineering
  • Your team focuses on your product, not building dashboards

How Knowi Embedded Analytics Helps You

White-Label & Seamless UX

Completely white-label the analytics experience, from branding to UI theme. Make dashboards feel like a native part of your application.

Full Control for Developers

With RESTful APIs and fine-grained permission controls, you manage user access, asset permissions, and data governance, all from your back end.

AI Analytics for Your Users

Empower teams and customers with fully interactive dashboards, ad-hoc analysis, personalized widgets, and shared insights, without requiring technical skills.

Enterprise-Grade Security & Governance

Protect sensitive data with features like role-based access, row-level security, encryption, multi-tenancy support, and secure embed URLs.

Faster Time to Market

Deliver analytics from day one, no long BI build cycles or heavy engineering sprints.

We're Part of Your Team

From planning to deployment, think of us as an extension of your development team. Support is always close: through the Knowi Community, Knowi University training, or direct chat and email with our experts. We’re here to help you succeed at every step.

Hundreds of clients trust Knowi

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers to common questions about Knowi
You can embed dashboards using secure iframes, the Knowi JavaScript SDK, or encrypted embed URLs. All options support permissions, branding, and seamless integration.
Yes. You can fully white-label dashboards, remove Knowi branding, customize themes, and embed analytics that look native to your application.
Yes. Knowi supports SAML, OAuth, JWT, and custom token-based SSO for secure, frictionless authentication inside your product.
Knowi offers built-in tenant isolation, row-level security, workspace-level separation, and permission controls, ideal for SaaS apps serving multiple customers.
Knowi enforces row-level security, encrypted tokens, dataset-level permissions, and enterprise-grade security controls so users only see the data they’re allowed to view.
Yes. The Knowi JavaScript SDK works with React, Vue, Angular, and other modern frameworks, offering deeper control than standard iframes.
Yes. Knowi provides embeddable NLQ and AI insights so customers can ask questions in plain English and get instant visual answers.
Yes. Knowi blends SQL, NoSQL, APIs, and documents without ETL and lets you embed unified dashboards directly into your app.

iFrame: simplest, fastest, fully isolated

JS SDK: deeper customization, events, interactivity, tighter product integration
Knowi supports both.

Most teams embed their first dashboard in minutes. Connect your data → build a dashboard → embed with a secure URL.

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