Combine your documents with the web in BrainBox, with citations from both
How to ask questions that need your documents and current data from the internet, and how to tell where each part of the answer comes from.
Lesson 17 of 21 · 1:08
What it covers
Some questions need your documents and something from the internet. With web search on, BrainBox takes the requirement from the tender, looks up today's exchange rate and does the math, citing the tender and the web source separately. So you know what came from your documents and what from the web.
Frequently asked questions
›Can BrainBox search the internet?
Yes, if web search is on in Box settings. It combines what it finds with your documents and cites both sources.
›How do I know which part of the answer comes from the internet?
Every fact has its citation: those from your documents show the file and page, and those from the internet show the site they came from.
Transcript
0:00The math
The tender asks for six hundred thousand euros of experience. Andrés wants to know how much that is in dollars. Half of it is in the tender, and the other half, on the internet.
0:13Documents and the web
In Sources you see that web search is on, next to your files. Ask: how much is the experience the tender requires in US dollars, at today's euro exchange rate? BrainBox reads the tender and goes looking for today's rate. Six hundred thousand euros comes to about six hundred seventy thousand dollars at the day's rate. And look at the citations: one to the tender, and one to the exchange-rate source. You know what came from your documents and what from the internet.
0:46Recap
To recap: with web search on, one question crosses your documents with the internet, and each part comes with its own citation. Andrés has his number. Whether it comes from your documents or the web: click and verify.