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You can find the AI Explorer under: Navigation bar → Star icon (AI Explorer)

General Description

Context-sensitive
The AI Explorer automatically provides the appropriate context for each data record (sample, order, customer, test equipment, material, document, etc.) so that the AI can deliver relevant answers.
For example, if you are in the sample view, you can use the chat function to ask the AI questions about that specific sample, such as “Summarize the results of this sample and check the plausibility of the measurement results.” The AI knows the context of the sample (master data, parameters, measured values, target values, order, etc.) and, based on this, provides answers in seconds directly for the sample in question.

It works the same way on all other pages of the lab database: For a customer, you can ask, “What orders did this customer complete last year?” For a test device, you can ask, “When is the next calibration due?” etc.
This context-based approach turns the lab database into your personal AI assistant, which takes care of monotonous research for you and answers complex questions in an understandable way.

Transparency & Control
You can see at any time what information is sent to the AI along with your question. Checkboxes allow you to decide which data is included (or not).

Access Rights
The access rights of the LDB are automatically taken into account for the context.

Persistent chats
Each AI chat is saved directly with the corresponding data record and can be continued seamlessly at any time.

Sample questions
Practical sample questions enable a quick start to using AI.

In addition to these instructions, you can find further information about the AI Explorer in the user call on the AI modules and on the LDB homepage.

Functions

Open AI Explorer

• Open AI Explorer at the top right of the navigation bar by clicking on the purple star icon.

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Enter question

• Enter your question in the AI Chat input field and click on the blue Send button (paper airplane icon) to the right of the input field.
  The input field can be found at the bottom of the expanded AI sidebar.
  Alternatively, you can click on the blue sample question in the middle section.

Functions in the header of the AI sidebar

• In the header, you can control the properties of the sidebar:

Requests (history icon) - History of previous requests. Allows you to view previous histories.
Start new request (plus icon) - Clears the current content and starts a new request session.
Pin sidebar (pin icon) - fixes the AI sidebar to the right edge of the page.
Hide sidebar (X icon) - hides the AI sidebar.
Show sidebar again - click on the star icon in the navigation bar to show the AI Explorer again.

Functions below each answer

• The button bar on the right below each answer offers various interaction and information options for that answer:

Show metadata (eye icon) - shows you information about the number of tokens used, the AI model used, and the processing time.
You can also use the expandable detail areas to view additional context data and technical details about the function calls.
Copy to clipboard (document icon) - copies the query for further use.
Rate answer positively. (Thumbs up icon)
Rate answer negatively. (Thumbs down icon)
Delete answer. (Trash can icon)

Select AI model

Below the input field for the question, you will find a drop-down menu with the available AI models.

• Select the model that suits you best or leave the default model.
• Gemini 2.5 Flash is the best choice for most use cases. It offers a good balance of speed and fast response times with good quality.

Context data

At the bottom of the sidebar, you will find checkboxes for the included contexts.

• Uncheck the corresponding checkbox if you do not want to transfer this data to the AI.
  The context data is also based on the access rights of the respective user set in the LDB. For example, if someone does not have access rights to view customers, the customer data cannot be retrieved.

Application examples

Email text suggestion with a short summary when sending the report

If, for example, you are in the process of sending the report to a customer by email, you can use the AI Explorer to generate a text suggestion directly on the LDB Send report page.

1. Open the AI Explorer in the upper right corner of the navigation bar, enter your question in the input field, and click on the blue Send button to the right of the input field.

2. After a short time, you will receive your AI-generated response as an email text suggestion for the test report.

3. Below the text suggestion, you will find the copy icon to copy the text.
   Copy the text and paste it into the text field for the email.

4. Start a new request if you are not satisfied with the response or enter what you would like to change in the current response.
5. If you would like to know more about the transmitted data, click on the eye icon below the response.

Ask a question about the manual

To simplify the training of new employees, the use of new functions, and searching in the LDB instructions, you can use the AI Explorer.

• Submit your question about the procedure for the respective data type (sample, order, customer, etc.) in the LDB to the AI Explorer.
• You will receive a summary of the help entries found as a response and can open the help page via the link provided if necessary.