Using Canvases with AI Assists

Opus 2's  AI features use canvases for two purposes:

1. AI Assists: Adding documents to a canvas performs a batch analysis on the documents upfront of using them. When you are then ready to use AI Assists, you don't have to wait on your documents being analysed. 

Note: You do not need to add a document to a canvas in order to perform AI analysis on it. The AI Assists tool can be accessed directly from any document in your project. The canvas feature allows you to put larger sets of documents through an analysis in advance of when you want to access them.

Creating a canvas

1. Select the + symbol next to Canvases in the sidebar, provide a name,  and select an optional colour for the canvas.

2. Select Save.
3. To edit or delete a canvas, use the 3-dot kebab menu alongside the canvas name.

Adding sections within a canvas

You may wish to subdivide the set of documents within the canvas.

To create a section, do the following:

1. Select your canvas in the Canvases area.
2. Right-click on the 3-dot kebab menu and select Add section.
3. Enter a name for your section and an optional colour.

Adding documents to a canvas or canvas section

1. Select the documents to be added to a canvas/canvas section by selecting the checkboxes alongside the documents.
2.  Drag the button itself over to the chosen canvas or canvas section as shown:

3. Alternatively, after having selected your documents, select the Actions dropdown menu and select Add to canvas.

Automated analysis of canvas documents

When you add documents to a canvas, an orange semi-circle indicates that the documents are being analysed. A green circle with a check indicates that all the documents in that canvas are ready.

To see details of the canvas analysis, single click on the green circle; select Close when you have finished:

Note: You cannot re-analyse a document at this time. However if the analysis gets interrupted or stuck for any reason, select the orange circle and then select Run analysis to try again.

Tip: Performing an AI analysis on a document can sometimes take a little time. If you have a large number of documents that you want to analyse, putting them in a canvas automatically performs an AI analysis on those documents so that when you access them at a later time you don't not need to wait for the analysis to take place in real time.