ENTERPRISEANALYTICALINTELLIGENCE
From business questions to governed investigations, reusable expertise, and continuous analytical work — across existing enterprise systems.
- Qlik Cloud
- Qlik Sense Enterprise
- Power BI
- Tableau
- MicroStrategy
- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Microsoft Fabric
- BigQuery
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Athena
- PostgreSQL
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- ClickHouse
- Trino
- Salesforce
- Odoo
- Pipedrive
- dbt
- Apache Airflow
- MuleSoft
- DataHub
- GitHub
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Slack
How it works
Follow one question
through Aether.
It enters where people already work and leaves as governed work that keeps running.
Why did gross margin fall last quarter?
01 Ask
One question.
One governed answer.
Aether answers from the definitions your business already declared, and shows where it looked.
Finance / Q3 margin reviewIllustrativeAetherSearched three places · 2.4 s- Knowledge HubGross margin, declared metric · Finance0.3 s
- Finance semantic modelrevenue, COGS, freight · Q2–Q3 FY261.1 s
- Comparison3 regions × 6 cost lines1.0 s
Gross margin fell 3.2 pts to 38.3%. EMEA contributes −1.9 pts of the decline.
EMEA inbound freight cost per unit rose 14% over the same period. Not yet tested as a cause.
Track hypothesisFig. 01 — A question answered from a declared metricIllustrative data
02 Meaning
One number.
One meaning.
Three tools, three versions of Net Sales. Aether finds them all and keeps the one you declared.
Knowledge Hub / Finance / Net SalesIllustrativeNet Sales = Sum(Amount) - Sum(Returns)
Net Sales = SUM(Sales[Gross]) - SUM(Sales[Discount])
[Net Sales] = SUM([Invoice Total]) - SUM([Tax])
Net Sales
DeclaredInvoiced revenue, net of returns and discounts, excluding tax.
| Source | Differs because it | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Qlik SenseSales Overview | keeps discounts | +4.5M |
| Power BIRevenue | keeps returns | +3.2M |
| TableauExecutive KPIs | keeps returns and discounts | +7.7M |
Fig. 02 — Discovered is not declaredIllustrative data
03 Continuity
Work that outlives
the conversation.
Answers become dashboards, schedules and hypotheses that keep being tested, without asking twice.
Finance / Dashboards / Q3 Margin ReviewIllustrativeQ3 Margin Review
From the conversation “Q3 margin review” · Finance| Group | Net sales | Gross margin | Δ vs Q2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | 18.4M | 37.2% | −4.1 | |
| Consumer | 15.9M | 36.8% | −3.1 | |
| Services | 9.4M | 43.0% | −1.6 |
Q3 Margin Review — gross margin 38.3%, EMEA −4.5 pts
Review refreshed. Two changes since last Monday.
Margin 38.3%. EMEA is still the largest contributor.
EMEA freight cost per unit stays above USD 4.50 through Q4 FY26.
Fig. 03 — An answer that keeps workingIllustrative data
04 Trust
Every number
shows its proof.
Click any value to trace it to its source, and see the checks it passed.
Q3 Margin Review / Margin by region / TraceIllustrativeGross margin by region
Q3 FY26 · declared metric- Revenue
- 18.3M
- Cost of goods sold
- 11.7M
- Gross profit
- 6.6M
- Gross margin
- 36.1% −4.5 pts
- Source tablefinance.sales_cogsFinance warehouse · 1,284,602 rows · reloaded 06:12
- SQL query
SELECT region, SUM(revenue) AS revenue, SUM(cogs) AS cogs FROM finance.sales_cogs WHERE fiscal_quarter = 'FY26-Q3' GROUP BY region - Declared measureGross margin %Declared
(revenue − cogs) / revenueKnowledge Hub · Finance · owner Group Controller - ChartGross margin by regionEMEA = 36.1%
Fig. 04 — From a value back to the table it came fromIllustrative data