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1.6.0

Why analysis, with evidence

Ask “why did revenue drop in April?” and Playfair compares the two periods across every dimension it knows, ranks the contributors and shows the evidence behind each one.

  • Drivers ranked by their share of the change, with the before and after for each segment.
  • Dimensions that moved in line with the total are named, so nobody chases them.
  • Every evidence chart pins to a dashboard like any other answer.
  • Ask
  • Pro
1.5.2

Anomaly nudges

Pinned metrics are scanned every night. When one moves unexpectedly you get a calm note on Home and on the dashboard: “Revenue in Région Sud is −31% week over week — want to see why?”

  • Week-over-week and month-over-month scans with a noise floor, so small segments stay quiet.
  • One click turns a nudge into a why analysis.
  • Nudges respect your notification preferences.
  • Alerts
  • Pro
1.5.0

Scheduled reports as PDF

Send a dashboard or a single answer every Monday at 8:00, in the recipient’s time zone, as a PDF or as inline charts in the email body.

  • Daily, weekly and monthly cadences with a live preview of the next five runs.
  • External recipients receive a read-only copy, never a login.
  • Delivery history with the exact file that was sent.
  • Schedules
  • Pro
1.4.0

Dashboard filters and parameters

Add a date range or a dimension filter once and bind it to every tile. Saved SQL can take parameters such as {{date_from}}.

  • Filters are part of the URL, so a filtered view can be shared as it is.
  • Tiles that ignore a filter say so, instead of silently showing unfiltered numbers.
  • Dashboards
  • Pro
1.3.1

Explain this number

Every headline number now has a step-by-step derivation: the filters applied, the joins used, the aggregation and the metric definition it came from.

  • Links to the governed metric and its change log.
  • Plain-language “Explain this SQL” for anyone who does not read SQL.
  • Ask
1.3.0

Google Sheets and Excel sources

Connect a spreadsheet with read-only access, or drop CSV and XLSX files. Header rows and column types are detected; you can override both.

  • Several files form one source, and re-uploading a file replaces it in place.
  • Sheets re-sync on demand or on a schedule.
  • Sources
1.2.0

Metrics, joins and semantic rules

Define “Net revenue” once and every answer uses the same definition. Declare how tables join, hide test tables and teach Playfair what your team means by “active customer”.

  • Metric definitions are versioned with their author and the reason for each change.
  • Accepted corrections can be saved as semantic rules.
  • Semantic layer
  • Pro
1.1.0

Public API and signed webhooks

Read dashboards, answers and saved questions from your own tools with a read-only REST API. Alerts and reports can call your endpoints, signed with HMAC-SHA256.

  • Scoped API keys with per-key rate limits.
  • Automatic retries with backoff and a delivery log you can replay.
  • API
  • Pro
1.0.0

Playfair 1.0

Ask your data in plain language and get the chart, the number and the exact SQL. Read-only by construction, with dashboards you can share as a link.

  • Postgres and MySQL sources with a verified read-only role.
  • Charts chosen by the rules a careful analyst follows.
  • A query log of every statement that ran.
  • Launch