Step-by-step guide to adding information to your Knowledge Base.
Three Ways to Add Content
1. Manual Text Entry
Best for: Specific facts, policies, hours, pricing
Steps:
Go to Knowledge in the sidebar
Click Add Knowledge
Select the text input area
Type or paste your content
Click Add
Example:
Breakfast Information:
- Location: Ground floor restaurant
- Weekdays: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Weekends: 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
- Price: 195 DKK per person
- Free for half-board guests
Tips:
Use clear, concise language
Include specific details (times, prices, locations)
Format with bullet points for easy reading
2. Website URL Scraping
Best for: Existing content on your website
Steps:
Go to Knowledge in the sidebar
Click Add Knowledge
Enter a webpage URL
Click Fetch
Opally extracts the text content
Good pages to scrape:
About page
Amenities and facilities
FAQ pages
Restaurant menus (if text-based)
Policies (cancellation, pets, etc.)
Tips:
Scrape one page at a time
Verify the extracted content is accurate
Delete and re-scrape if content changes
3. PDF Upload
Best for: Documents you already have
Steps:
Go to Knowledge in the sidebar
Click Add Knowledge
Click Select PDF
Choose your file
Opally extracts the text
Good documents to upload:
Information packets
Menus (text-based PDFs)
Policy documents
Rate sheets
Local area guides
Limitations:
Works best with text-based PDFs
Scanned images may not extract well
Large files may take longer to process
Using Weekly Sources
For content that changes regularly:
Go to Knowledge > Weekly Sources tab
Enter a URL in the input field
Click Add
Opally automatically re-scrapes this URL every week
Managing sources:
Toggle the switch to enable/disable scraping for each source
View when each source was last scraped
Delete sources you no longer need
Good for:
Events pages
Special offers
Seasonal information
Restaurant menus
Using Sitemaps
Import multiple pages at once:
Go to Knowledge > Files tab
Scroll to the Sitemap section
Enter your sitemap URL (e.g., https://yourhotel.com/sitemap.xml)
Click Fetch
Opally imports all URLs from the sitemap
The sitemap URLs help Opally understand your website structure.
Viewing Your Content
Overview Tab
See all knowledge items with:
Content preview
Source type
Date added
Actions (view full content, delete)
Deleting Content
Single item: Click the trash icon
All from one source: Click "Delete by source" to remove all items from a specific source (e.g., all PDFs)
What Happens Next
After adding content:
Opally indexes the information
AI uses it when generating responses
Guests get accurate, specific answers
The more relevant content you add, the better Opally's responses become.