> ## 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.

# Asking Questions

> Query your documents and review automatically generated answers in the Findings tab.

The **Findings** tab is where you ask questions about your project's documents. Each question you ask becomes a **finding** — a stored Q\&A item with a cited answer that your team can review, edit, and export.

## Asking your first question

1. Click the **Findings** tab in the navigation bar at the top of the project page.
2. If no findings exist yet, you will see the question input in the centre of the screen.
3. Type your question in the input field and press **Enter** (or click the send button).

Daedaline searches across all indexed documents in the project and returns an automatically generated answer with references to the source documents and pages.

## Choosing a QA mode

Before submitting a question you can select how Daedaline processes it using the **mode selector** — the button in the bottom-left toolbar of the question input that shows the current mode's icon and label. Hover over it to open the mode menu.

| Mode              | Icon     | Description                                                                                                     |
| ----------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Auto**          | Sparkles | Default. Automatically decides how long to think based on the complexity of the question.                       |
| **Fast**          | Zap      | Returns an answer quickly with less processing. Best for straightforward lookups.                               |
| **Deep Thinking** | Brain    | Uses advanced research tools for in-depth, multi-step answers. Takes longer but produces more thorough results. |
| **Web**           | Globe    | Searches the web using the project's context instead of (or in addition to) the uploaded documents.             |

<Note>
  Selecting **Web** mode clears any document selection. Conversely, pinning specific documents to a query automatically switches the mode back to **Auto** if **Web** mode was active.
</Note>

The active mode is highlighted in the toolbar. To return to the default, open the mode menu and select **Auto**.

## Suggestions

If you are not sure where to start, click one of the **suggestion chips** displayed below the question input. These are pre-written prompts designed to surface common due diligence insights quickly.

## The findings list

All questions you have asked are saved and appear in the **findings list** on the left side of the screen. You can:

* Click any finding to re-open its answer and source references.
* **Group** findings by date, user, document, or report section using the group selector.
* Use the **filter bar** to narrow findings by status or other attributes.

## Viewing answers with the document viewer

When you select a finding, its answer appears on the right side of the screen alongside citations. Click a citation to open the referenced document in the side-by-side viewer, where the relevant passage is highlighted.

* For **PDFs and other documents**, the viewer highlights the relevant page and passage.
* For **Excel spreadsheets**, the viewer opens an interactive spreadsheet and scrolls to the specific sheet and cell range that the answer was drawn from.

## Bulk actions

Use the **actions menu** (ellipsis button) in the findings header to perform operations across multiple findings:

| Action            | Description                                       |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Upload questions  | Import questions in bulk from a CSV or Excel file |
| Download findings | Export all findings as CSV or XLSX                |
| Refresh findings  | Re-run processing on selected findings            |
| Delete findings   | Remove selected findings from the project         |

<Tip>
  To select multiple findings, enable editing mode from the findings list header. Checkboxes will appear on each item.
</Tip>

## Uploading questions in bulk

Instead of entering questions one by one, you can import a list of questions from a spreadsheet:

1. Open the actions menu and select **Upload questions**.
2. Upload a CSV or Excel file with a column named `question` (or `questions`).
3. Each row becomes a new finding in the project.

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Report Composer" icon="file-lines" href="/report-composer/creating-a-report">
    Turn your findings into a structured due diligence report.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sheets" icon="table" href="/sheets/creating-a-sheet">
    Run questions across multiple documents simultaneously.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>