Answer questions

Description

The Answer questions activity sends the configured prompt and any input files to the Infoveave AI service, then returns answers as tabular data. It is useful when a workflow needs to ask one or more natural-language questions about documents, images, spreadsheets, JSON files, text files, or other supported attachments.

Supported Features

• Prompt-based question answering: Ask one or more questions through the required prompt.
• Optional file input: Attach files from previous workflow steps, or run with only the prompt.
• Multiple answers: The AI response can return multiple answer rows in the responses array.
• Structured output parsing: Each object inside responses becomes one output data row.
• Raw response retention: The original AI response is returned in AdditionalResponse.

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Input

Type	Required	Description
Files	Optional	Files passed to the AI request as inline attachments. Each file is read, converted to base64, and sent with its detected MIME type.

Input Scenarios

1. Prompt Only

Use when the question does not require file context.

{
  "Files": []
}

2. Single Document

Use when asking questions about one document.

{
  "Files": [
    {
      "FileName": "contract.pdf",
      "FullPath": "C:/Work/contract.pdf"
    }
  ]
}

3. Multiple Documents

Use when the answer may need context from several files.

{
  "Files": [
    { "FileName": "policy.pdf", "FullPath": "C:/Work/policy.pdf" },
    { "FileName": "invoice.pdf", "FullPath": "C:/Work/invoice.pdf" }
  ]
}

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Output

The activity returns data rows parsed from the AI response’s responses property.

Field	Type	Description
Data	Array	One row for each object returned inside responses. Field names depend on the AI response.
Errors	Array	Parsing errors or execution errors, if any.
AdditionalResponse	String	Raw AI response JSON returned by the service.

Example Output

{
  "Data": [
    {
      "question": "What is the contract end date?",
      "answer": "The contract ends on 2026-12-31.",
      "source": "contract.pdf"
    },
    {
      "question": "Who is the customer?",
      "answer": "Contoso Ltd.",
      "source": "contract.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "Errors": [],
  "AdditionalResponse": "{\"responses\":[{\"question\":\"What is the contract end date?\",\"answer\":\"The contract ends on 2026-12-31.\"}]}"
}

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Configuration Fields

Field Name	Type	Required	Description
Prompt	Text	Yes	Natural-language instructions and questions to ask. The prompt is inserted into the activity’s AI question-answering template.

Conditional Field Rendering Rules

No conditional configuration fields are defined for this activity.

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Sample Configuration

Field	Value
Prompt	Read the attached contract and answer: 1. Who is the customer? 2. What is the contract end date? 3. What is the payment term?

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Sample Output

{
  "Data": [
    {
      "question": "Who is the customer?",
      "answer": "Contoso Ltd."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the contract end date?",
      "answer": "2026-12-31"
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the payment term?",
      "answer": "Net 30"
    }
  ]
}