# Ask About Your Business: Plain Answers | NextUp Walk-in Source: https://nextupwalkin.com/features/ask-about-your-business > Ask about sales, busy times, top services and regulars in plain words and get answers from your own numbers. On Pro and the free trial. Pro # Ask a question. Get the answer from your numbers. In the dashboard, open Help and choose Ask about your business. Type a question in plain words and get a plain answer, with a short bar list when a picture helps. [Start your free trial](https://nextupwalkin.com/signup) [How it works](https://nextupwalkin.com/features/ask-about-your-business#how) - Plain words - From your own books - Never names a client - Up to 400 days back ## Questions you would ask a bookkeeper Sales, busy times, services and regulars. It answers in sentences, not a spreadsheet. - **How were my sales last month?**Sales, tips and averages from the same books as Accounting. - **Who sold the most this week?**Each team member’s visits, sales, average ticket and tips. - **Which services do clients pick most?**Top services from Insights. - **Are my wait quotes right?**How quoted waits compare with the real ones. **Ask about your businessHow were my sales last month?**You **You sold $18,420 in September, with $3,160 in tips.**From your Accounting books **Which services do clients pick most?**You Example: a question about last month’s sales. ## Find the quiet times and the lost regulars Questions about when you are busy and who has drifted away, answered with counts. - **When is my quietest time on weekdays?**Busy times come from Insights. - **How many clients haven’t been back in a while?**Counts of regulars gone quiet, from the Retention page, never names. - **A picture when it helps.**A short bar list shows up beside the answer. - **Up to 400 days at a time.**And a year for sales. **Ask about your business** Walk-ins by weekday hour **When is my quietest time on weekdays?**You **Tuesday and Wednesday, 1 to 3 PM.**Fewest walk-ins over the last 90 days Example: the answer comes with a short bar list. ## Private by design It reads your numbers and nothing else, and it tells you where each one came from so you can check. - **Only your business.**It only sees your own numbers, and it never names a client. - **You see what you should.**Owners can ask. Managers can too while you let managers download data. - **Team members see their own.**Someone signed in with their own email sees only their own sales and tips. - **Check what matters.**Compare anything important with the page the number comes from. Answers can be wrong. **Who can askOwner**Sales, busy times, regulars **Manager**While downloads are allowed **Team member**Their own sales and tips only Example: who can ask, and what they see. ## How it works - 1 ### Open Help In the dashboard, choose Ask about your business. - 2 ### Type a question Use plain words, the way you would ask a person. - 3 ### Read the answer A sentence, with a short bar list when a picture helps. - 4 ### Check the source Compare anything important with the page it came from. ## Who it’s for - ### Barbershop “When is my quietest time on weekdays?” before planning a slow-day special. - ### Salon “Which services do clients pick most?” before changing the menu. - ### Restaurant Team figures are per server. Read the regulars counts with care, since they matter less here. ## The small things - ### The same numbers as the pages Sales come from Accounting. Busy times and services come from Insights. - ### For every kind of business It uses neutral words: team members, services, visits and clients. - ### Never names a client It only reads numbers, and only your own. - ### Explains your setup too Besides your numbers, the assistant explains how to set things up. ## Questions Which plans have it? Pro and the free trial. On the Walk-in plan the assistant says the question needs Pro and points you to Billing. Can it see my clients’ names? No. It only reads numbers, never names a client, and only sees your own business. Can it be wrong? Yes. Check anything important against the page the number comes from. How far back can I ask? Up to 400 days at a time, and a year for sales. ## Goes well with - [InsightsThe pages the answers come from.](https://nextupwalkin.com/features/insights) - [Accounting reportsThe books behind every sales answer.](https://nextupwalkin.com/features/accounting-reports) - [Overdue regularsBring back the clients who have gone quiet.](https://nextupwalkin.com/features/overdue-regulars) - [Review themesWhat clients keep mentioning.](https://nextupwalkin.com/features/review-themes) ## Stop digging through reports Start the free trial and ask your first question about your own numbers. [Start your free trial](https://nextupwalkin.com/signup) [See every feature](https://nextupwalkin.com/features)