How It Works — Lookato

Overview

Platform architecture

Three layers: your data sources, the Lookato platform, and your team.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  YOUR DATA SOURCES                                              │
│  PostgreSQL  ·  MySQL  ·  More databases coming soon            │
└──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
                               │
                     Automatic real-time sync
                               │
                               ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  LOOKATO PLATFORM                                               │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐ │
│  │ Chat       │  │ Alerts     │  │ Notebooks  │  │ Charts     │ │
│  │ Ask in     │  │ Proactive  │  │ Collaborate│  │ Automatic  │ │
│  │ English    │  │ Pulses     │  │ on data    │  │ visuals    │ │
│  └────────────┘  └────────────┘  └────────────┘  └────────────┘ │
│                                                                 │
│  Governed Metrics  ·  Secure Queries  ·  Analytics Engine       │
└──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
                               │
                               ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  YOUR TEAM GETS ANSWERS                                        │
│  "What's our revenue this month?"  →  Instant chart + insights  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Query processing

From question to answer
in milliseconds

Every question follows a secure, validated path to the right answer.

01

Natural language input

You type a question in plain English. Lookato's AI understands your intent — the metrics, dimensions, filters, and time ranges you're asking about.

02

Smart matching

Lookato checks if your question matches an existing curated dashboard or chart. High-confidence matches use the pre-built visualization for consistent, approved results.

94% match → "Regional Revenue" chart

03

Security & validation

Before any data is accessed, Lookato validates permissions, checks your access level against governed metrics, and ensures the query is safe and executable.

Validated

Permissions ✓ · Access ✓ · Security ✓

04

Lightning-fast execution

Your validated query executes against Lookato's high-performance analytics engine. Sub-second response times on billions of rows. Every access is logged for audit compliance.

Query time

42ms

4 rows returned

05

Visualization & insight

Results are automatically formatted as the best chart type for your data. Interactive hover, click, zoom, and export built in. AI generates a natural language summary alongside the visualization.

Bar chart Interactive Exportable

Getting started

Two paths, one platform

For Data Teams

1

Set up a pipeline

Connect your database with the setup wizard

2

Define your metrics

Create business-friendly metric definitions

3

Build charts

Create curated dashboards and visualizations

4

Enable chat access

Turn on conversational access for your team

For Business Users

1

Log in

Access Lookato through your browser

2

Start chatting

Ask questions in plain English

3

Explore results

Interact with charts and drill down

4

Set up Pulses

Configure alerts for metrics you care about

5

Collaborate

Share insights across your team

Security & compliance

Enterprise security,
built in from day one

Data Security

All data encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest

Multi-tenant isolation at the database level

No data leaves your infrastructure

Access Control

Role-based permissions at dataset and column level

Secure authentication with configurable policies

Audit logging of all data access

Compliance

SOC 2 Type II ready architecture

GDPR-compliant data handling

Configurable data retention policies

From database to
dashboard.

Platform architecture

From question to answer
in milliseconds

Two paths, one platform

For Data Teams

For Business Users

Enterprise security,
built in from day one

Data Security

Access Control

Compliance

Ready to connect
your first database?

From database todashboard.

Platform architecture

From question to answerin milliseconds

Two paths, one platform

For Data Teams

For Business Users

Enterprise security,built in from day one

Data Security

Access Control

Compliance

Ready to connectyour first database?

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You're In

From database to
dashboard.

From question to answer
in milliseconds

Enterprise security,
built in from day one

Ready to connect
your first database?