Tailor your report to your needs

Thoughtfully curated and efficiently saved documents on the universe can bring a great start and add value to your reporting. But how can this process be optimized? The answer lies in the concept of Prompting with Generative AI! This is a technique that leverages the potency of modern-day Generative AI technology to streamline your report creation process, and allow you to focus on finding and saving the documents, and worry less on the report. We are continually improving this capability with new innovative features in our testing funnels innovative features such as detailed requirement extraction per paper and automatic technology overview generation.

Understanding Prompting

Ask IGOR^AI analyzes saved documents and highlights to identify relevant information in response to a given question. This functionality enables a variety of applications useful when generating reports, such as:

• Generating concise introductions or general overviews by quickly summarizing key attention points in a single step.

• Producing in-depth responses —through prompt decomposition or additional tools—to enhance the granularity and depth of the resulting report.

Different prompting methods can provide control over your reporting. The process might require some iterations to find the perfect prompt. Consider this a conversation between your request and the answer. If the output doesn’t quite hit the mark or if there is useful information not being reflected, reconsidering your prompt could improve your results.

Create and Customize your report

Hereunder some suggestions on how to use Ask IGOR^AI, in particular the Question & Answer feature, to generate and customize a report.

Step 1: Define your report template and content.

To sculpt the structure of your report, you may use an existing template on our platform or craft it based on the following considerations:

• Who constitutes my audience?

• Is a general description of the technology enough, or required?

• What are the important parameters to include in my report?

• Should they be presented separately or is a summary sufficient?

As an example, a technology scouting project at Findest will follow a structure that is succinct yet sufficient for decision-making:

1. General overview of the page outlining its content and relevance to the project under investigation.

2. Summary of an example application of the technology, including its significance to the current study and references demonstrating prior use for similar purposes.

3. Illustration of example requirements, metrics, or key performance indicators (KPIs) that support evaluation of the technology's usability.

4. Identification of current project partners or suppliers to assist in assessing the technology's level of maturity.

Step 2: Begin with a General Description

A quick, general overview may suffice for your immediate report needs. To generate it, guide the AI-tool to adhere to a specific report structure. For example, while exploring the field of ultrasonic welding inspection, you could use the following prompt:

Write a 50-word paragraph on the General Description of Ultrasonic Welding Inspection technology. Follow it with a 50 word summary of its applications in a new paragraph. Lastly, add three bullet points of maximum 30 words summarizing information on 1: technology efficiency, 2: Type of material used, and 3: Key learnings

This prompt will produce the following report:

Alternatively, if you already have the structure laid out, you can prompt the AI-tool to populate it with suitable information. This auto-populates the structure based on the top five most relevant documents related to your query.

I want my report to look like this. Fill in the information about the technology that is Reverse Osmosis.

1. Introduction: general description of the technology (max 50 words)

2. Example of applications of the technology (max 30 words)

3. Pros and cons: Pros and cons of the technology (max 30 words)

4. Efficiency: information on the water amount treated with the technology (max 30 words)

5. Materials: Example of materials used in the membranes of the technology (max 30 words)

If you are happy with this level of detail, you can move on to the next entity.

Step 3: Not satisfied with the level of details? Break it down into sub-parts

Sometimes, certain desired details may be missing. To overcome this and increase the granularity, you can ask specific questions for every sub-section of your report.

For example, if your section addresses the amount of water treated, ask for a detailed example of that question.

Occasionally, specific desired details may be missing. To enhance granularity and ensure comprehensive coverage, consider formulating targeted questions for each subsection of your report.

For instance, if a section pertains to the volume of water treated, you could ask for a concrete, detailed example to clarify this aspect."

A 50 words description with the details and example of how much water can be handled with reverse osmosis desalination

In the next section of your report, you could be interested in the types of material used in the technology. Therefore, you tailor your prompt to that question

Step 4: Looking for More Depth?

Craving higher specificity and fidelity to original documents? The feature Requirement Extraction can help. This option allows you to extract every requirement per paper.

Summary:

To speed up your reporting, leverage the capabilities of our generative AI tool. Beginning with a general description, and if not sufficient and moving towards detailed sub-sections will help create an informative and engaging report. This approach will undoubtedly boost your productivity!