Key benefits
- Instant Visual Context: See diagrams, process maps, and screenshots exactly when you need them.
- Improved Collaboration: Reduce back-and-forth over missing visuals during technical troubleshooting or brainstorming.
- Time Savings: No need to open multiple files or search folders for referenced images.
Example use cases
- Requesting a system architecture diagram for a product or service.
- Viewing a whiteboard photo from a design review captured in a meeting notes doc.
- Troubleshooting a support issue with step-by-step screenshots extracted from internal documentation.
How it works
1
Scan Data Sources
Glean Assistant scans your connected data sources (Google Drive, SharePoint, and OneDrive) for images that match your query context.
2
Display Relevant Images
When an image is relevant and you have viewing permissions, it appears automatically in your Assistant response.
3
Support Multiple Formats
Images are supported if they are standalone files (PNG, JPG, GIF, etc.) or embedded inside Google Docs, PDFs, Word, and PowerPoint documents (except Google Drawings).
Permissions & privacy
- You will only see images if you have access to the underlying source document.
- The feature honors your company’s sharing and security policies automatically.
This feature may not be available for your deployment. Please contact your admin if you do not see images rendered.
Frequently asked questions
Can users upload their own images?
Can users upload their own images?
Contextual Images surfaces existing images from indexed sources; user uploads via chat are not currently supported for rendering.
Which image formats are supported?
Which image formats are supported?
Standard image formats (PNG, JPG, GIF, etc.) from Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, and those embedded in PDFs, DOCX, and PPTX files are supported (excluding Google Drawings).
Do I have to do anything to prompt images?
Do I have to do anything to prompt images?
Just ask a question; for best results, reference the concept or process you want to visualize (e.g., “Show me the pipeline diagram for project Mercury”).