Introducing AI Reports
We’re excited to introduce AI Reports. Zelt’s first AI-native feature and your new data superpower. Build and customise reports in plain language, cut reporting time to seconds, and make confident decisions faster.
Why HR & Payroll reporting is still harder than it should be
HR teams have always had some of the most valuable data in a business – headcount, compensation, costs, turnover, engagement. But between chasing spreadsheets, managing fields and filters, and working across disconnected tools, it’s hard to feel impactful.
Getting to those insights is still messy, slow and time-consuming, leaving HR chasing numbers instead of shaping decisions.
- Too many fields and filters Getting the setup right often feels overwhelming with too many options.
- Data silos across tools Employee, payroll, and cost data live in different places.
- Slow time to insight Hours spent iterating before you get the answer you need.
That’s why we’ve built AI Reports in Zelt – to empower HR teams with data superpowers that save time and turn them into an impact-first department.
What is Zelt AI Reports?
AI Reports is HR’s sidekick for reporting in Zelt. A conversational assistant built natively into Zelt that helps HR and Finance teams understand what kind of report you want and configure it correctly, guiding you to the right filters, metrics, and layout, in plain language.
Instead of building reports field-by-field, just ask: “Show me headcount and cost by department for Q3”
Then refine in conversation: “Filter for UK employees only.”
Your report updates instantly in front of you.
And because every superhero works differently, it’s completely optional. You can switch between AI and the classic report builder at any point.
How it works
- Instant reports in natural language: Type what you need in plain language and build a report in seconds.
- Powerful insights in one place: Combine HR and payroll data in one view for more powerful insights. For example, report on headcount and pay items by cost centre, or compensation changes over time.
- Designed for every team: You don’t need to be a data analyst to feel like one. Anyone in HR can now easily build powerful reports for faster decision-making.
- Optional, secure, and responsible: AI Reports in Zelt works in isolation, doesn’t read or train on your data, and stays fully under your control. And it’s 100% optional.
Reporting use cases
| Headcount reporting |
“Show headcount by department and location, with month-on-month change.” |
| Payroll insight |
“List all pay items by cost centre, with totals.” |
| Compensation trends |
“Show salary changes over the last 12 months by team.” |
| Absence overview |
“Create a report of average sick days per employee by department.” |
| Schedule to payroll |
“Compare scheduled hours vs. paid hours for hourly workers.” |
Getting started
Already a Zelt customer? Create a new report and get started with AI, a pre-built template, or from scratch. You can read more about setting up custom reports in Zelt via our Knowledge Library.
New to Zelt? Book a demo and we’ll walk you through AI Reports in action.
In summary
The launch of Zelt AI Reports marks an exciting step forward towards our mission of simplying people operations for everyone.
If you’re ready to spend less time configuring reports, and more time shaping the business, it’s time to unlock your data superpower. Start a new AI report in your Zelt account, or book a demo here to see how it can supercharge your decision-making.
