Data Story Drafts

Columns Ai turns a spreadsheet or dataset into a data story pairing charts with written narrative, rather than leaving a viewer to read a raw table. A Beam agent reads figures landing in an approved source and drafts the next version of a data story in Columns Ai, filling in the chart values and any narrative fields the rule covers, such as a period-over-period change. The draft is held rather than published, waiting for the story's owner to check the numbers and wording. A figure outside the expected range, or a story tied to an external audience, always goes to a person before release.

Chart Template Reuse

Columns Ai stores chart and layout templates so a recurring report doesn't have to be rebuilt from scratch each period. A Beam agent takes the latest approved figures and drops them into the template the team has already set up in Columns Ai, keeping the same chart types and layout from the last version so readers see a consistent format. Only the underlying numbers change on a routine refresh. A request to change the template itself, add a new chart type, or restructure the story is routed to whoever owns the report rather than applied on its own.

Shareable Story Links

A finished data story in Columns Ai can be shared through a link rather than exported as a static file, so the audience always sees the current version. A Beam agent checks whether an approved data story has been updated and, where the rule allows it, notifies the people on a distribution list that a new version is ready, rather than emailing a new file each time. Routine refreshes on an existing story go out without extra approval. A story shared with a new audience, or one containing figures outside the usual source, is routed to a person before the link goes out.