- Find answers in Ruddr Help Center articles — features, settings, permissions, and workflows.
- Query workspace data — time, expenses, clients, projects, pipeline, billing, and members.
- Analyze performance — revenue, margin, utilization, forecasts, and trends.
- Summarize results — turn raw data into plain-English takeaways, custom reports, and custom graphs.
- Build rollups — like revenue by client, client industry, member, project, or month.
- Explain general concepts — PSA and professional services terms
Ruddr Assistant Permissions
The Ruddr Assistant is available in all Ruddr plans and to all workspace members. The information the assistant will retrieve and analyze is based on each member’s security role. The assistant will only return data that the member otherwise has access to via Ruddr reports, dashboards, and screens. To give members access to the assistant once the feature is enabled, you can set the Ruddr Assistant enabled setting on any member’s profile. Note that this setting can also be managed via the Members bulk editing capabilities within workspace settings. The same setting also controls whether a member can connect an outside AI application, such as Claude or ChatGPT, to your workspace. See Connect AI Apps to Ruddr.Accessing the Ruddr Assistant
You can launch the Ruddr Assistant via the Ask Ruddr button (Figure 1) at the top of screen. Figure 1 - Click the Ask Ruddr Button to Access the Ruddr Assistant Clicking on the Ask Ruddr button will open a panel (Figure 2), where you can start a conversation with the assistant. Several sample prompts will be shown at the bottom of the screen. Figure 2 - Access the Assistant in the Ruddr UI When accessing the assistant, you can enlarge the panel by either dragging on the handle (Figure 3) that lines the left side of the panel or by clicking on the Expand icon (Figure 4) at the top-right of the panel. Figure 3 - Drag the Handle / Border That Lines the Left Side of the Panel to Expand/Collapse Figure 4 - Click the Expand Button to Enlarge the Assistant Panel The + Start New Chat button (Figure 5) begins a fresh conversation. Use it when you want to ask a new question, switch topics, or clear out the context from a previous conversation. Starting a new chat is helpful when you want a clean slate for a different task, such as looking up a report, exploring a new dataset, or asking about a separate Ruddr feature. Figure 5 - Begin a New Chat Session with the Ruddr Assistant Starting a new chat will also save your prior chat for future access. You can access your chat history by clicking on the Chat History button (Figure 6) on the assistant panel. Figure 6 - Access Your AI Chat History to Refer to Prior Conversations Accessing your chat history (Figure 7) will give you the ability to review prior conversations. Click on any of the prior chats in the history to load that conversation including any reports and graphs. Figure 7 - Access Your Chat History with the Ruddr Assistant The Ruddr Assistant can be closed at any time by clicking the X button at the top-right of the panel.Custom Reports and Charts
In addition to providing text-based answers and analysis, the Ruddr Assistant can create custom reports and charts. The assistant allows for easy export of these artifacts for use in software products such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides. When showing a custom report, the assistant will include buttons at the bottom that allow you to expand/collapse report rows or save the report data to a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file (Figure 8). Figure 8 - Expand/Collapse Report Rows or Export to CSV The Ruddr Assistant can also create custom charts. Supported chart types include:- Bar
- Line
- Pie
- Stacked bar
- Grouped bar