Narrative Insights Reports in NetSuite 2025.2 Update
New Narrative Insights reports added in NetSuite 2025.2 enhance data analysis with AI-driven summaries for key inventory and purchasing reports.
Starting in NetSuite 2025.2, the platform has introduced additional reports to its Narrative Insights feature, enhancing your ability to derive quick analytical insights from key business documents. The reports now supported include:
- Inventory Activity Detail
- Inventory Back Order Report
- Stock Ledger
- Open Purchase Orders
What is Narrative Insights?
Narrative Insights leverages generative artificial intelligence to provide precise summaries of supported reports and records, assisting users in swiftly identifying critical information. This feature can reveal various aspects of the data, such as trends, anomalies, risks, opportunities, and even gaps in the data. By providing a summary tailored to the content being viewed, Narrative Insights helps streamline the analysis process.
Using Narrative Insights
To initiate the generation of insights:
- Open a supported report or record.
- Click the Generate Insight button.
The Narrative Insights dialog will appear, where insights based on the viewed content will be displayed. Note that you can generate insights multiple times by clicking the button again.
Important Considerations
- Disclaimers: Each time you generate an insight, a disclaimer will be visible stating that the content may include inaccuracies or omissions and should not be considered professional advice. Always verify the AI-generated content for its accuracy and validity.
- Admin Control: The ability to generate insights can be controlled through the AI Preferences page by enabling or disabling the Enable Narrative Insights preference. This option is enabled by default but can be altered by users with Administrator roles.
Who This Affects
- Administrators: Responsible for managing Narrative Insights preferences.
- Developers: May need to integrate insights with other functionalities or develop enhancements.
- Accountants and Inventory Managers: Will benefit from clearer insights into financial and inventory reports.
Key Takeaways
- NetSuite 2025.2 introduces additional reports for the Narrative Insights feature, enhancing AI-driven data analysis.
- Narrative Insights can summarize trends and data gaps automatically, making data interpretation quicker and easier.
- Users must verify AI-generated content for accuracy, and administrators control the enabling of insights.
- This feature is available across all NetSuite regions and languages, making it widely accessible to users.
Frequently Asked Questions (4)
Do I need to enable a feature flag to use Narrative Insights in NetSuite 2025.2?
Which reports are supported by the Narrative Insights feature in NetSuite 2025.2?
What should I do if the AI-generated insights contain inaccuracies?
Are Narrative Insights available to all NetSuite users regardless of their region?
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