A conversational analytics platform lets you ask questions about your data in plain English instead of writing SQL or clicking through a report builder. You type a question, the platform turns it into a query, runs it, and returns an answer, usually as a chart or a table. You can then ask a follow-up question in the same thread, and it refines the previous query rather than starting over.
This is different from a static dashboard or a one-off natural language search box. The "conversational" part means the platform keeps context across a back-and-forth, similar to chatting with an analyst who already has your data open.
Draxlr's text-to-SQL AI works this way for SQL databases. You ask a question, it writes and runs the SQL, and returns both the query and a chart you can save to a dashboard. Follow-up questions refine the result in the same thread, with no analyst or SQL knowledge required.