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b
Hi i was wondering if i can use a google docs as a KB because i need it to be updated every time
b
we don't currently support live google docs as KB sources!
b
okey, thank u! do u have any idea how could i do that in a different way?
b
I would just recommend regularly updating your KB source with new files 🙂
b
perfect, thank u so much!
b
\o/
n
Is a website url recrawled once added? Eg looking for update to Web KB? Or do you need to add it again if updated
w
@billions-toothbrush-57530 i had a similar desire for ad-hoc-updated KB data sources; my current solution is to use Google Sites and delete + re-add the data source (in the KB) every time it's updated -- far from convenient, but acceptable for now -- BP indicated that programmatic re-indexing of data sources is planned as a feature in an upcoming release, so I'm hopeful // cc @nice-airplane-37559
b
thank u!! im going to take a look of that
n
Yes there's work arounds, I was pressing to see if it was on the radar. A better solution is to use the tables and api update rows. Not sure if there's an end point to deletes existing rows, I think there's a character limit too but for upto date KB I think thr tables are the way. @bumpy-butcher-41910 hinted the new ai table columns. Could be very useful or not for KB. If BP dynamically scrapes the tables then this is a quick fix for KB.
w
^^ that would be good for some cases, for sure. For cases where user managed KB data is the goal, BP tables may not be ideal. // for my part, I have never had good results with using the Knowledge Agent (as opposed to a structured query) to directly query BP tabular data
n
Actually you can use any external DB as KB via api which should make it dynamic. I've not had an issue with BP KB for static queries myself.
w
Good point re: external API-connected DB. I'm not sure how that would interact with the Knowledge Agent since (unless I'm mistaken) the external data would still need to be chunked and stored on the BP end, but it's an intriguing thought well worth exploring - thanks!
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