> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://guide.garde.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ask the Assistant > Get answers without building a report. Open **Assistant** in the sidebar to meet **Mise**, a chat that knows your restaurant's data. The value: questions that used to mean opening three reports and a calculator now take one sentence. Mise answering "Generate me a sales overview & strategy": specific numbers, actions, and a full report to expand ## Ask real questions Type the question the way you'd ask a sharp analyst: * "How did sales last week compare to the week before?" * "Who drove overtime this week?" * "What did my food cost look like last month?" * "Which delivery channel grew the most this quarter?" * "Generate me a sales overview & strategy based on last month's performance." You get an answer with the numbers behind it: not "delivery is underused" but "delivery is 10.3% of sales with a \$27.93 average check, almost double takeout; push high-margin bundles there." ## What it can do beyond answering * **Generate full reports**: pmix reports, monthly overviews, cost breakdowns. Big answers come with an **Expand Full Report** card you can open and download. * **Analyze with sub-agents**: ask it to break down a problem ("with a team of subagents, analyze my least profitable recipes") and it splits the work. * **Recommend actions**: strategies come with concrete steps and sourced references, not vibes. * **Remember context**: past chats live in the left panel. Reopen one and keep going instead of re-explaining. ## When to use it vs. the reports * **Assistant**: one-off questions, quick comparisons, "why did X happen", cross-page questions (sales and labor and food cost in one answer). * **Reports** ([Sales](/dashboard/sales), [Labor](/dashboard/labor)): recurring reviews and detail you'll drill through yourself. Start with the Assistant. Open the report only when you need to see the shape of the data yourself. ## Know-how * Be specific about the period: "June vs. May" beats "recently". The tighter the question, the tighter the answer. * Mise is AI and can make mistakes. Double-check any number before it goes into a decision that costs real money; the underlying reports are one click away. * Ask follow-ups in the same chat. "Now break that down by location" works because it remembers what "that" is.