> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://basedash.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Insights > An AI-written feed of what changed in your data and why it matters Insights is a feed of AI-written posts about what changed in your data and why it matters. Basedash looks through your data on a schedule, finds something new and meaningful, and writes it up with a chart. > [!NOTE] > > Available on all plans. Everyone in the organization can read insights. Only > admins can change Insights settings or delete posts. ## Overview Use Insights to catch trends and anomalies that nobody thought to ask about. You don't write prompts or pick metrics: Basedash decides what's worth a post, and you can steer it with focus areas. Insights is different from the other ways Basedash brings data to you: * [Automations](https://basedash.com/docs/features/automations.md) answer a question you define, on a schedule or when data changes. * [Subscriptions](https://basedash.com/docs/features/subscriptions.md) send a snapshot of a dashboard or chart. * Insights finds something you didn't ask about. ![The Insights feed with an AI-written insight about where returning retail shoppers make their second purchase, beside a stacked bar chart](https://mintcdn.com/basedash/Wo2tM2HhZGdlFtFR/images/features/insights/hero.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Wo2tM2HhZGdlFtFR\&q=85\&s=1a9d408552becec511f9a3fdbd4bb123) ## Set up Insights Admins configure Insights in **Settings → Insights**. ![Insights settings with insights enabled, weekly generation on Monday, email recipients and Slack notifications, and an AI context box](https://mintcdn.com/basedash/Wo2tM2HhZGdlFtFR/images/features/insights/settings.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Wo2tM2HhZGdlFtFR\&q=85\&s=6ca02b65c103b7aee10e78f5cdafd092) 1. Turn on **Enable insights**. This shows Insights in the sidebar and allows posts to be generated. 2. Under **Generate insights**, choose **Every day**, **Every weekday**, **Every week**, or **Every month**. For weekly posts, pick a **Day of week**. For monthly posts, pick a **Day of month**. Choose **Never** to only generate posts on demand. 3. Under **Notifications**, add **Email recipients** and choose a **Slack** channel to post each new insight to. Slack requires the [Slack app](https://basedash.com/docs/features/slack.md). 4. Under **AI context**, describe the goals, priorities, or metrics insights should focus on. For example: "Focus on revenue, activation, and support volume. Ignore internal test accounts." Basedash generates at most one scheduled post per day. You can't choose the time of day; each organization gets a fixed time, in UTC. ## Read insights Click **Insights** in the sidebar to open the feed. The newest post appears at the top, followed by earlier posts. Each post has a title, a short write-up with the supporting numbers, and a chart. ![An insight post with a headline about paid social returns, a bar chart of revenue per dollar of marketing spend by channel, and the start of the write-up](https://mintcdn.com/basedash/Wo2tM2HhZGdlFtFR/images/features/insights/post.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Wo2tM2HhZGdlFtFR\&q=85\&s=39b5a6f60945125c94ee157b6318cd0d) From a post you can: * Click **Add to dashboard** to save the chart to a [dashboard](https://basedash.com/docs/features/dashboards.md). * Click **Continue in chat** to ask follow-up questions in [chat](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chat.md). * Open the menu to **Copy link**. Admins can also **Delete** a post. * Browse **More insights** at the bottom of the post. Insights are also available in [Basedash Mobile](https://basedash.com/docs/getting-started/basedash-everywhere.md#basedash-mobile). ## Generate an insight now To get a new post without waiting for the schedule, open the menu at the top of the Insights page and click **Generate insight**. Admins and members can do this; view-only members can't. Only one insight can be generated at a time. ## How insights are generated The AI looks for a new, meaningful insight across all the data sources it can query. It reads your organization's [AI context](https://basedash.com/docs/features/ai-context.md), the Insights focus areas, and recent posts, so it doesn't repeat itself. > [!NOTE] > > Insights run without anyone present, so they use the data access of one > member: the organization's earliest active admin. If your organization set up > insights through an automation named "Insight", they run as that automation's > creator instead. Queries are always read-only. Basedash skips a scheduled post when Insights is turned off, when the organization has no data sources, when the trial has ended, or when the organization has reached its [AI usage limit](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/billing-and-ai-usage.md). Insights count toward your AI usage. ## Embed and automate * In [full app embedding](https://basedash.com/docs/developers/embedding.md), use `hide_insights` to hide Insights, or `insight_id` to open the embed on a specific post. * Admins can list, generate, and delete insights with the [public API](https://basedash.com/docs/api-reference/insights/generate-an-insight.md). ## FAQ > [accordion] Why didn't I get an insight today? > > Check that **Enable insights** is on and that **Generate insights** isn't > set to **Never** or to a day that hasn't come yet. Basedash also skips posts > when your organization is out of AI usage or the trial has ended. > [accordion] Can I limit who sees an insight? > > No. Every member of the organization can read every insight. If a topic is > sensitive, use an [automation](https://basedash.com/docs/features/automations.md) shared with specific > people instead. > [accordion] Can I choose the metrics insights cover? > > You can steer them with the **AI context** field in **Settings → Insights**, > but the AI decides what's worth a post. To track a specific metric, use an > [automation](https://basedash.com/docs/features/automations.md) or a > [subscription](https://basedash.com/docs/features/subscriptions.md). > [accordion] Can I send insights to people outside my organization? > > The settings page only lists organization members as email recipients. You > can post insights to a Slack channel that includes other people. ## Related * [Automations](https://basedash.com/docs/features/automations.md) * [Subscriptions](https://basedash.com/docs/features/subscriptions.md) * [AI context](https://basedash.com/docs/features/ai-context.md) * [Slack](https://basedash.com/docs/features/slack.md) This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.