Integrations / Business Intelligence
Connect BSC Designer to WhatsApp: documents and scorecard items by chat
Flann turns BSC Designer into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in BSC Designer for you. Numbers only help when you look at them, and dashboards are easy to ignore. Ask Flann “How are we doing?” and it reads BSC Designer and sends back a report card in the chat: what went up, what went down, what deserves a closer look.
10 actions in BSC Designer. 7 only look things up, and 3 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in BSC Designer
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into BSC Designer actions.
“Look up the document in BSC Designer.”
“Get the excel report from BSC Designer.”
“Look up the scorecard item in BSC Designer.”
“Update the indicator in BSC Designer.”
What Flann can work with in BSC Designer
BSC Designer gives Flann 10 actions across 6 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Documents | look up | 2 |
| Scorecard items | look up | 2 |
| Indicator values | look upupdate | 2 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in BSC Designer:
| Compare | BSC Designer on its ownEvery step is yours | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about documents | By hand, screen by screen | 7 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 3 changes, made from a message |
| BSC Designer records | All of them, one screen at a time | 6 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your BSC Designer API key, once |
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Step by step: BSC Designer jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real BSC Designer actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your documents
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our documents in BSC Designer?”
- Flann runs
List DocumentsandGet Documentin BSC Designer and shows you what it found. - Nothing in BSC Designer is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your scorecard items from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our scorecard items in BSC Designer stand.”
- Flann runs
List Scorecard ItemsandGet Scorecard Itemin BSC Designer and shows you what it found. - Nothing in BSC Designer is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your excel reports
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our excel reports in BSC Designer?”
- Flann runs
Download Excel Reportin BSC Designer and shows you what it found. - Nothing in BSC Designer is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in BSC Designer
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once BSC Designer is connected.
Logging daily readings and counts
Today
Fridge temperatures, stock counts or class attendance have to go into BSC Designer every day. They are written on paper first, then typed up when someone remembers.
With Flann
“Fridge one at three degrees, fridge two at four, freezer at minus eighteen. Log it in BSC Designer.”
Your message or voice note becomes a row in BSC Designer, with the date, time and who logged it, and any reading outside the safe range you have set is flagged to you straight away. Simple.
What you stop doing: Typing up paper logs at the end of the day is no longer needed.
Building the monthly report
Today
Your accountant, partner or investor wants a monthly summary. You copy figures out of BSC Designer into a document and format them, and it is always later than you promised.
With Flann
“Draft the monthly summary for my business partner from BSC Designer.”
The month’s key figures come out of BSC Designer, set against the previous month and the same month last year, with a short sentence on each change. You read the draft in the chat and ask for edits.
What you stop doing: Copying figures into a document every month is no longer your job.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to BSC Designer
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find BSC Designer.
- Paste your BSC Designer API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your BSC Designer account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right BSC Designer action itself.
Of the 10 BSC Designer actions, 7 only read. The other 3 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect BSC Designer in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use BSC Designer with Flann
A weekly summary on demand
Ask Flann for the week in brief. It reads BSC Designer and sends the few numbers worth knowing.
Check before you decide
Before a big call, ask Flann for the figure that matters. It looks it up in BSC Designer first.
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks BSC Designer and tells you what moved.
Everything Flann can do in BSC Designer
Every BSC Designer action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 7
- Download Excel Report
- Get Document
- Get Grouped Indicator Values
- Get Indicator Value
- Get Scorecard Item
- List Documents
- List Scorecard Items
Changes 3
- Balance Scorecard Weights
- Set Indicator Values
- Update Indicator
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Common questions
What can Flann do with documents in BSC Designer?
Flann can look up documents in BSC Designer, using 2 actions (Get Document, List Documents). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
What can Flann do with scorecard items in BSC Designer?
Flann can look up scorecard items in BSC Designer, using 2 actions (Get Scorecard Item, List Scorecard Items). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to BSC Designer?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose BSC Designer and paste your BSC Designer API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your BSC Designer account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 10 actions in BSC Designer.
Do I need to open BSC Designer to use it with Flann?
No. Once BSC Designer is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in BSC Designer.
Which Flann plan do I need for BSC Designer?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes BSC Designer and every other app.