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title: "Using Ask InsightAI"
slug: "the-dashboards-list-content-1-1"
tags: ["Insight", "InsightAI", "Analytics"]
updated: 2026-09-28T08:59:49Z
published: 2026-09-28T08:59:49Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/the-dashboards-list-content-1-1"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Using Ask InsightAI

CTERA InsightAI provides an AI-powered assistive search and chat feature, **Ask InsightAI**, designed to provide instant, contextual answers to questions about the data, in plain English. Ask InsightAI translates these questions into secure database queries, returning the result as text.

Ask InsightAI is available from every CTERA InsightAI screen and from the navigation pane.

**To use Ask InsightAI:**

1. Either click **Ask InsightAI** in the navigation pane or **Ask InsightAI** in any of the screens where it is displayed on the top right of the screen.

| Navigation Pane | Top Right Button |
| --- | --- |
| ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-DR8NU22P.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T16%3A58%3A25Z&se=2026-11-07T17%3A58%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pq4zBG0r7qH5mKKZTC%2By5pNSlre4oGoFPiAdd3soe9A%3D) | ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-T2KTZZ9H.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T16%3A58%3A25Z&se=2026-11-07T17%3A58%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pq4zBG0r7qH5mKKZTC%2By5pNSlre4oGoFPiAdd3soe9A%3D) |
2. Type your questions in the **Ask about your data or activity...** text box or select one of the predefined prompts or a previous chat listed in the right-side panel.
**Note**

You can stop **Ask InsightAI** while it is "thinking" by clicking ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-LKE8WZRP.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T16%3A58%3A25Z&se=2026-11-07T17%3A58%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pq4zBG0r7qH5mKKZTC%2By5pNSlre4oGoFPiAdd3soe9A%3D) in the chatbox.