This guide is for everyone on the team. Anyone with access to Simply Asking can search documents and ask questions. If you have not yet uploaded any documents, complete the Uploading Your First Documents guide first.
Run your first search, ask your first question, and see how the system synthesizes grounded answers from your documents.
Enter a Search Topic
Type a topic or concept from your uploaded documents into the search bar and press Enter. You do not need exact keywords. Semantic search understands meaning, so a query like "project timeline" will find content about schedules, deadlines, and milestones even if those exact words are not used.
Review the Results
Review the search results. Each result shows:
Notice the Graph Enrichment
Notice how results include knowledge graph context. The system does not just match text. It uses entity relationships to surface passages that are conceptually related to your query, even when they use different language. This is what makes Simply Asking search more powerful than simple keyword matching.
Ask a Real Question
Type a real question, not just keywords. For example, instead of typing "budget Q3", ask "What was the budget allocation for Q3 and how did it compare to Q2?" The system performs best with natural language questions that specify what you want to know.
Review the Answer and Citations
Review the answer. Notice the source citations at the bottom of the response. Every factual claim in the answer is grounded in your actual documents. The system does not make things up. If your documents do not contain the answer, the system will tell you what it could not find rather than guessing.
See Cross-Document Synthesis
Notice how the answer synthesizes information across multiple documents. If you uploaded several related files, the system combines relevant passages from all of them to provide a comprehensive answer. This is one of the most powerful features of Simply Asking.
Click a Source to Verify
Click on any source citation to navigate to the original document. This lets you verify the answer against the source material and read the full context around the cited passage. Transparency and traceability are built into every answer.