Getting started with Spotter

To edit a Spotter answer, click the Edit button above the Spotter question box. The Edit Answer window opens.

You can add or remove query tokens, change measures and attributes and even drill down by different attributes directly in the answer while in edit mode or even in the conversation itself.

To save your changes, click Done editing. Otherwise, click Discard changes.

If your ThoughtSpot administrator enables Add to coaching from chat, the check mark and X are replaced by the + Add to Coaching and "Is this useful?" buttons. For more information, see Add to Coaching.

You can upload CSV files directly to Spotter, enabling ad-hoc data analysis without requiring a pre-built data model.

This feature makes it faster to explore and get insights from external data files directly in the Spotter interface.

Simply click the + icon next to the Model selection button in the search bar and select the file you plan to upload. Note that the files you upload remain only in your conversation, and are not stored in ThoughtSpot. The length of time your file persists depends on the Saved conversations setting; if saved conversations are disabled, the file persists for 6 hours. If saved conversations are enabled, the file persists as long as the conversation is saved (dependent the Chat history retention period setting in Admin settings > AI settings). The size limit is 5 mb per file, 10 files per message.

You can click tokens in a Spotter answer to edit them for clarity, such as specifying whether a measure should be classified as count or unique count, or changing the column being used as an attribute.

To edit a Spotter answer’s tokens, follow these steps:

You can give feedback on a Spotter answer without interrupting your conversation. This feedback is visible to your administrator in the Spotter Conversations Liveboard. This can be particularly helpful if you give feedback on incorrect answers, as this can highlight places where Spotter’s coaching can be better tailored to your business use cases.

If Spotter provides a correct answer, click the check mark at the bottom of the answer. If you see a thumbs up icon, you can review and save the underlying business terms and search query tokens so Spotter remembers your choices in the future for similar questions.

If Spotter provides an incorrect answer, click the X . If you are using Spotter Agent, you can give further details on what the answer got wrong. If you see a thumbs down icon, you can edit the underlying question, save, and then review the business terms and search query tokens of the answer.

To save a term, you must Approve or Reject it. After you approve or reject at least one business term, you can click Submit to save and share your feedback with Spotter.

Spotter shortcuts allow you to select from existing verified data constructs, like columns, filter values, and search data keywords, when you search. These shortcuts allow you to mix natural language and deterministic inputs when using Spotter. Spotter shortcuts allow you to create more precise questions by referencing actual column names and values from your Models. To enable Spotter shortcuts, contact ThoughtSpot Support.

To use Spotter shortcuts, do the following:

Spotter agents bring AI reasoning into processes that previously had to be done manually, like creating Models and Liveboards. To learn more about these features, see SpotterModel, SpotterViz and SpotterCode.

Every ThoughtSpot plan that includes Spotter will also include SpotterModel, SpotterViz, and SpotterCode at no additional charge, except that plans priced on a row-based or unlimited-consumption model will not include SpotterModel, SpotterViz, or Spotter Code unless separately purchased.