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SkoutLab can do more than one-off analyses. Automation keeps critical investigations running on a cadence so teams always receive fresh context without re-triggering tasks by hand.

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Components

Knowledge Builder

Learns schema, semantics, and historical baselines.

Continuous Learning Panel

Control background learning cycles from the Data page.

Scheduled Tasks

Run recurring analyses (weekly/monthly) for key metrics.

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Continuous Learning

Once you enable the Knowledge Builder:
  • Agents periodically re-scan connections to keep their understanding fresh.
  • Learning passes capture schema changes and quality notes that downstream analyses can reference.
  • The learning badge shows when the last pass completed so you know how current the context is.
1

Enable

From Data → Knowledge Builder, click Start Learning. Choose full-auto (find issues + auto-run analyses) or semi-auto (queue recommendations for approval).
2

Review

The panel shows status (Learning, Idle, Error). Errors include log links so you can retry after fixing credentials.
3

Pause

Click Stop to release compute if you only need periodic learning.

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Scheduled Tasks

Create automated runs from the Reports page or the Tasks API:
FieldDescription
Typeimmediate, weekly, monthly
Schedulee.g., weekly_monday, monthly_1st
Focus areaOptional notes (“Watch enterprise churn”)
ConnectionsWhich data sources to use
Set up a weekly “Revenue Health” task. SkoutLab will rerun the analysis, compare to prior results, and highlight what changed.

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Alerts & Notifications

  • Dashboard badges show active tasks or learning sessions.
  • Report diffing highlights what changed since the last run.
  • Coming soon: email / Slack alerts for critical findings.

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When to Use Automation

Critical KPIs

Revenue, churn, inventory, or operational metrics that deserve a recurring deep-dive.

Data Quality Context

Keep Knowledge Builder running so analyses understand new columns or refresh gaps.

Quarterly Briefings

Schedule deep-dives ahead of board meetings.

Experiment Tracking

Automate follow-up analyses for A/B tests or pilots.

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Operational Checklist

  1. Name owners for each scheduled task so alerts go somewhere.
  2. Document cadence and focus in the task description.
  3. Review the report history monthly to retire tasks that are no longer useful.
  4. Combine automation with manual “Investigate Further” runs when something interesting pops up.
Looking for the nuts and bolts of Knowledge Builder? See Continuous Learning →.