Adding Content

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:

  1. Go to Knowledge in the sidebar

  2. Click Add Knowledge

  3. Select the text input area

  4. Type or paste your content

  5. 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:

  1. Go to Knowledge in the sidebar

  2. Click Add Knowledge

  3. Enter a webpage URL

  4. Click Fetch

  5. 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:

  1. Go to Knowledge in the sidebar

  2. Click Add Knowledge

  3. Click Select PDF

  4. Choose your file

  5. 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:

  1. Go to Knowledge > Weekly Sources tab

  2. Enter a URL in the input field

  3. Click Add

  4. 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:

  1. Go to Knowledge > Files tab

  2. Scroll to the Sitemap section

  3. Enter your sitemap URL (e.g., https://yourhotel.com/sitemap.xml)

  4. Click Fetch

  5. 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:

  1. Opally indexes the information

  2. AI uses it when generating responses

  3. Guests get accurate, specific answers

The more relevant content you add, the better Opally's responses become.

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