A computer-implemented method for generating a plurality of data suggestions is described. The method includes receiving a textual input in a user interface of a software application implementing a plurality of business processes, determining a query context associated with the textual input, a user, and data that the user is viewing in the software application, and computing a plurality of statistical metrics for the query context, the statistical metrics being computed using information obtained from datasets associated with the query context. The method also includes determining a plurality of candidate data combinations, the data combinations including a plurality of dimensions, measures, and filters compatible with the query context, ranking the plurality of candidate data combinations according to one of the plurality of statistical metrics, and generating at least one data suggestion using the plurality of candidate data combinations and providing the at least one data suggestion in the user interface.