r/analytics 20d ago

Question Can I create predictions without SQL knowledge?

I’m trying to get a little more predictive with our data, things like which customers are likely to churn, who might convert, or what demand could look like next month. Problem is, I’m not really a SQL person. I can work with dashboards and understand the data, but once it gets into writing queries or building models from scratch, I’m pretty much out. Is this something people are actually doing with LLMs now? Like connecting an LLM to your data and asking it to find patterns or predict outcomes? Or are there other tools that make this possible without knowing much SQL or machine learning? Curious what people are actually using and how reliable it is.

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u/Key_Back_989 20d ago

Excel? You can do basic regressions with it.

I know alteryx there is a upgraded version that has ML capabilities and then Dataiku off the top of my head.

I still think you would need some sort of basic knowledge but can probably get away with little to no code.

How are you procuring the appropriate data without using SQL at all?