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How to use the FDAI apps

FAQs focussed on how to navigate the FDAI platform and interact with the relevant apps

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Written by Liam Rogan
Updated over a month ago

How to login?

  1. Go to FIFTHDELTA.ai

  2. Enter your email and password

  3. Open your Microsoft Authenticator App and approve the login request

You will be taken to the home screen where you can select an app.

How to open an app?

  1. Once logged in, you will see the control panel

  2. Each application appears as a tile

  3. Select the app you want by clicking on the tile

  4. The app will open in a new tab with filters on the left and data across the top

Using an app - Selecting fields

Each app has four main sections:

  1. Dates: Choose months, quarters, or years. You can tick entire years or specific individual periods.
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  2. Metrics: Tick the metrics you want to display in your table. Examples: production, retail, wholesale, market share, incentives.
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  3. Filters / Labels: Choose how you want to slice or organise the data. Examples: brand, model, region, price band, propulsion. Each filter becomes a level in the table.
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  4. Columns: Columns determine which metrics or data points appear horizontally across the table.

Selecting a column adds it to the right side of the table and updates instantly.

Using an app - Executing a search

To run or refresh a search:

  1. Select your dates

  2. Select your metrics

  3. Add your filters / labels

  4. Choose your columns

  5. Press Apply at the bottom

Pressing Apply tells the platform to update the table with all your selections.

Until you press Apply, the table does not update.

Using an app - Price filters

Price filters let you restrict data to certain price bands.

  1. Open the price filter

  2. Choose a preset band or enter a custom price range

  3. Click "Apply"

  4. The table now shows only models that fall within that price corridor

Price filters are used to:

  • Compare models competing in the same price range

  • Identify pricing pressure

  • Track discounting or incentive trends

  • Focus on specific customer segments

Using an app - Numerical filters

Numerical filters let you restrict results to specific numerical ranges. This can be used for price filtering and bucketing

  1. Open the numerical filter you want (for example, MSRP, Average Transaction Price).

  2. Numerical filters work as either bucket searches or filter searches.

  3. For filter searches, click the filter box and enter a minimum value, maximum value, or both - this will return results only within that range.

  4. For bucket searches, click the bucket box and enter Bucket Size, 1st Bucket End and Last Bucket Start - this will return results in buckets of the size
    specified starting from first bucket to last bucket (note - if you want to order search results in order of price, then you need to select the price metric in the ‘Sort by’ dropdown​

  5. Press Apply

Only rows matching your numerical criteria will remain in the table. This is useful for screening and analysing price segments

Using an app - Ordering columns

  1. Open the Columns panel.

  2. Tick or untick the columns you want.

  3. Drag and drop columns into the order you prefer. The order is important as this determines the priority within which each column will provide output e.g. for an MSRP filter for all brands, MSRP would need to be at the top of the list of columns

  4. Press Apply.

The table updates instantly. This allows you to build a layout that matches how your team thinks about KPIs.

How do saved views work?

Saved views store your chosen filters, metrics, columns and date settings so you can return to them instantly within a specific workspace.

  1. Set your filters

  2. Press Apply

  3. Click Save application

  4. Access saved views from the respective workspace at any time

How do I compare two companies side by side?

Select both companies in the vendor filters. The table will display their data next to each other.

To place two companies next to each other:

  1. Open the Columns panel.

  2. Select only the column you want to compare (for example Brand, Model or Company).

  3. In the Filters panel, select the companies you want (for example BMW and BYD).

  4. Select the metric you want to view, such as Production, Wholesale or Retail.

The table will display both companies side by side.

What is SAAR?

SAAR is an acronym for Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate calculated directly from the most recent monthly data.

It shows what annual demand would look like if the latest month continued for a full year after adjusting for normal seasonal demand patterns

How do I see deeper into output data?

Click any row with a drop down arrow (>) to expand and see data at a more granular level

Each click opens the next level of detail based on the labels you selected in the Filters panel

What is the difference between Retail, Wholesale and Production?

  • Retail: Sales to end customers

  • Wholesale: Shipments from OEMs to dealers

  • Production: Cars built at the factory

What is the countries schedule?

The countries schedule shows when each dataset for each country is expected to update.

It tells you two things:

  1. When the last update happened

  2. When the next update is due

The colours mean:

  • Green = data is fully up to date for period in question

  • Yellow = a newer update wil ne due soon but is not yet late

  • Red = the data is late or overdue

This helps users understand how fresh their data is and avoid making decisions using out of date information.

How do I adjust currency (Global Sales Tracker only)?

Use the currency selector at the top of the Global Sales Tracker app to switch currencies. All values update automatically

What is Active Forecast vs Comparable Forecast?

Active forecast is the current forecast the platform is using for the selected period. It is default set to include the most recent data, updates, and adjustments from our proprietary algorithms. This can be adjusted to prior date by the User.

Comparable forecast can be selected from available dates as the forecast against which the active forecast is being compared.

This allows users to compare:

  • what the forecast was

  • what it is now

  • how much it has changed

It highlights trend shifts, upgrades, downgrades, and changes in expected demand. To review these look at ‘deviation’ within the metrics tab.

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