> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.daedaline.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing Documents

> Browse and view documents in your project's file manager.

The **Documents** tab provides a full file manager for every document in your project. You can browse by folder, view document details, and open documents directly within Daedaline.

## The file manager

The file manager displays all documents and folders in a tree structure. You can:

* **Navigate folders** by clicking a folder name to open it and see its contents.
* **Open a document** by clicking its name. The document opens in a viewer panel on the right side of the screen, with page-level navigation and text highlighting.
* **Upload more documents** at any time using the upload button in the file manager toolbar or by dragging files directly into the file manager. Supported types include PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets (`.xlsx`, `.xls`, `.xlsm`), PowerPoint presentations, plain text, and ZIP archives.

## The document stats dashboard

Above the file manager, a stats dashboard shows live aggregate information about all documents in the project:

| Stat card       | What it shows                                                                                           |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Documents**   | Total document count, with total page count as a subtitle                                               |
| **Pages**       | Total page count, with average pages per document                                                       |
| **Doc Status**  | Percentage of documents that are fully processed, with a breakdown of ready / processing / error counts |
| **Page Status** | Same breakdown at the individual page level                                                             |
| **Categories**  | An interactive pie chart showing documents broken down by category                                      |
| **Origins**     | An interactive pie chart showing documents broken down by their upload source                           |

### Filtering from the dashboard

The stats cards are interactive:

* Click a **status badge** (e.g. the error count) to immediately filter the document list to show only documents with that status.
* Click a **category or origin segment** in the pie charts to filter the list to documents in that group.
* Click the same item again to clear the filter.

## Document status indicators

Each document in the file manager shows a status badge:

| Status         | Meaning                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Ready**      | Fully processed and available for questions, sheets, and reports |
| **Processing** | Being ingested — text is being extracted and indexed             |
| **Error**      | Processing failed; see the document's actions menu to re-ingest  |

## Viewing a document

Clicking a document name opens it in the document viewer panel. The viewer adapts to the file type:

**PDFs and other documents:**

* **Page navigation** — jump to any page in the document.
* **Highlighted passages** — when accessed from a finding or Q\&A citation, the relevant text is highlighted.

**Excel spreadsheets:**

* Opens in an interactive spreadsheet viewer with full sheet navigation.
* When accessed from a finding or Q\&A citation, the viewer scrolls to and selects the specific sheet and cell range the answer was drawn from.
* The viewer is read-only — changes made within it are not saved.

## Folder actions

Right-click or use the folder actions menu to:

* **Rename** a folder
* **Add a description** to provide context for your team
* **Toggle smart mode** — enable intelligent organisation for the folder's contents
* **Delete** a folder and its contents

## Generating smart folders

If your project has no folders yet, Daedaline can analyse your documents and automatically suggest a folder structure tailored to the project's content.

**From the folder outline panel** (when no folders exist):

1. The outline panel shows a **Generate Smart Folders** button below the "add a folder" prompt.
2. Click it to start the analysis. The Organizer panel opens automatically and shows a loading state while the AI reviews your documents.

**From the Organizer panel** (opened via the **Organize** action on any file):

* If no smart folders exist yet, the panel shows **Generate Smart Folders** as the primary action.
* If smart folders already exist, the option **Generate New Smart Folders** is available as a secondary action alongside the standard organizer tools.

### Reviewing suggestions

Once generation completes, the Organizer panel switches to a review screen listing the suggested folders. For each suggestion you can:

* **Edit the folder name** (path) to adjust the structure
* **Edit the description** to clarify what documents belong there
* **Remove a suggestion** you don't want by clicking the trash icon

When you are satisfied, click **Create Smart Folders** to apply. The folders are created and marked as smart folders automatically. Click **Cancel** to discard all suggestions without making changes.

<Note>
  Smart folder generation requires at least one processed document in the project. If no suggestions can be generated, Daedaline will display an error message and let you try again.
</Note>