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CRM Analytics helps you understand your business data in a simple, visual way. Instead of reading long tables you can explore insights with reports and dashboards that are easy to understand.It shows you the clear path like what’s working, what’s not, and where improvements are needed.

Why CRM Analytics is Useful

  • Team Alignment: Everyone in your team sees the same data and insights, so decisions are based on facts, not guesses.

  • Clarity: It turns raw data into visuals like charts and graphs. This makes numbers easier to understand. Example: Instead of a table of 1,000 sales records, you see a pie chart showing which product sells the most.

  • Efficiency: It saves you hours of manual calculations and data crunching. You can create a chart or report in just a few clicks. Example: You don’t need to manually count how many leads came from Facebook vs. Google Ads. A report can show it instantly.

  • Accuracy: Since reports are generated automatically, there is less chance of human error compared to manual reporting.

Some use-cases of CRM Analytics are:

Example 1: A marketing manager wants to check which campaign worked best. Instead of exporting spreadsheets, they create a report showing leads by campaign source. Within minutes, they see that 60% of leads came from Google Ads, so they know where to invest more budget.

Example 2: A sales manager creates a dashboard that shows monthly revenue by region, top 5 products, and conversion rates all in one screen.

What You Can Do with CRM Analytics

  • Create and customize reports.

  • Explore your data with different chart types.

  • Apply filters to narrow your focus.

  • Add reports to dashboards for a high-level overview.

  • Export data to share or use in other tools.

Picky Assist Analytics is a powerful tool within our Modular CRM ecosystem, designed to help businesses visualize, analyse, and understand the data stored in different CRM modules. Whether you use our inbuilt modules (Leads, Contacts, Tasks) or have created your own custom modules, Analytics helps you measure what matters most—your business performance.

Because Picky Assist CRM is modular, Analytics is also fully modular and adapts to your unique data structure.


1. Understanding Modular Analytics

Unlike traditional CRMs, Picky Assist does not force you into a fixed structure. You may create modules such as:

  • Enquiries

  • Orders

  • Follow-ups

  • Projects

  • Tickets

  • Inventory

  • Students

  • Appointments

  • Service Requests

Analytics automatically adapts to your module architecture, enabling you to create:

  • Reports per module

  • Reports combining linked modules

  • Dashboards with multiple reports

  • Public and saved dashboards

This makes Analytics suitable for any industry SaaS, retail, healthcare, finance, real estate, education, and more.


2. Reports – The Core of Analytics

Reports allow you to extract insights from your CRM data in a visual format.

Key Features of Reports

  • Create reports for any module

  • Combine two related modules into one report

  • Use a visual drag-and-drop builder

  • Choose from 13 report types, including:

    • Horizontal Bar Chart

    • Vertical Bar Chart

    • Pie Chart

    • Line Chart

    • Area Chart

    • Scatter Chart

    • Simple Table

    • Pivot Table

    • KPI Card

    • Funnel Chart

    • Donut Chart

    • Combination Chart

    • Gauge Chart

Example Use Cases:

  • Leads by Source (Pie Chart)

  • Monthly Revenue (Line Chart)

  • Conversion Funnel (Funnel Chart)

  • Orders by Status (Bar Chart)

  • Task Completion Trends (Area Chart)

  • Top Performing Products (Table)


2.1 Drag & Drop Report Builder

The report builder is designed for non-technical users.

  • Choose the module

  • Select fields

  • Drag them into the X/Y axis

  • Apply filters (date range, status, assigned user, etc.)

  • Choose a visualization format

  • Preview and save

Example:

You want to see how many leads each salesperson converted last month.

Steps:

  1. Choose Lead Module

  2. Add Salesperson to X-axis

  3. Add Count of Leads Converted to Y-axis

  4. Apply filter: Status = Converted

  5. Select Bar Chart

Your chart is ready.


This is where Picky Assist Analytics becomes extremely powerful.

You can combine two modules that are linked through:

  • Mobile number

  • Email

  • Appointment ID

  • Order ID

  • Any relational field

This allows analysis across processes.

Example Scenario

You have:

  • Lead Module

  • Meeting Module Linked by mobile number.

You can create a report that answers:

How many meetings were conducted for each lead, in a given month?

Result: A dual-axis chart:

  • Axis 1: Number of leads created

  • Axis 2: Number of meetings held

This helps you quickly identify:

  • Leads with high engagement

  • Leads with no follow-up

  • Salespeople who conduct more meetings

Another Example:

Modules: Orders + Payments

Report:

  • Total Orders

  • Total Payments Received

  • Payment Status

  • Outstanding Amount

Ideal for finance teams.


4. Dashboards – Meaningful Insights in One Place

Dashboards allow you to combine multiple reports to create a single view of your business metrics.

Dashboard Features

  • Add multiple reports (based on plan)

  • Arrange reports in custom layouts

  • Resize or reorder reports

  • Apply dashboard-level or report-level filters

  • Save dashboards for future use

Example Dashboard Structure

Sales Dashboard

  • Lead Source (Pie)

  • Daily Leads Created (Line)

  • Lead → Meeting → Conversion Funnel

  • Salesperson Performance Table

  • Revenue by Month (Bar)

  • Conversion Ratio (KPI card)

Support Dashboard

  • Tickets by Status

  • Tickets Resolved Per Agent

  • Average Resolution Time

  • Customer Satisfaction Trend

Operations Dashboard

  • Task Completion

  • Delayed Tasks

  • Department Productivity

Dashboards help leaders understand performance at a glance and take fast decisions.


5. Public Shareable Dashboard

You can share any dashboard using a public link.

Why Useful?

  • Share KPIs with clients

  • Share progress with investors

  • Share sales reports with business partners

  • Display dashboards on TV screens

  • Share performance with remote teams

Viewer does not need a Picky Assist login.

Control options:

  • Enable / Disable sharing anytime

  • Make read-only for security


6. Saved Dashboards (Snapshot Mode)

Saved dashboards are archived versions of your dashboards.

They capture the data available at the time of saving.

Key Behaviour

  • Do not update with live data

  • Do not fetch data from modules

  • Load instantly (performance friendly)

Example Usage:

Yearly Sales Comparison

  • Save Dashboard 1: Sales Data 2023

  • Save Dashboard 2: Sales Data 2024

Compare historical vs current performance anytime.

Reporting to Board / Management

Save dashboards quarterly or monthly for reference without affecting live data.


7. Permissions & Sharing

Permissions allow you to control who can view or modify reports.

Options

  • Admin Only: Default

  • Share with Specific User:

    • Read-Only

    • Edit Access

Use Cases

  • Sales manager views only Sales Dashboard

  • Finance team sees only Payment Dashboard

  • Marketing team accesses Lead Insights

  • CEO gets full access

Data governance becomes easy and safe.


8. Report Views – How Usage Is Counted

Each time a report loads, it counts as one view.

Example:

A dashboard contains 8 reports.

If a user opens the dashboard once → 8 views consumed.

Your monthly plan includes a limit on:

  • Total report views

  • Total reports

  • Total dashboards

  • Reports per dashboard

Upgrading your plan increases these limits.


9. Formula Support – Advanced Calculations

You can apply formulas inside reports for deeper insights.

Supported Operations

  • Addition (+)

  • Subtraction (–)

  • Multiplication (×)

  • Division (÷)

  • Percentages (%)

  • Combined expressions

Example Calculations

Churn Rate (SaaS)

Conversion Rate

Average Revenue Per Customer

Outstanding Amount

These formulas help turn simple data into actionable metrics.


10. Plan Limitations

Your plan determines the limits for:

  • Number of reports you can create

  • Number of dashboards

  • Reports allowed per dashboard

  • Monthly report views

If you reach the limit, the system will notify you, and you can upgrade to unlock more capacity.

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