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# Diaflow Vectors
Retrieve relevant/ Add data from Diaflow vector database
## Description
**What it does:** The Diaflow Vector component is used to vectorize data and transforming raw input data into a numerical format that the model can understand and process.
The Diaflow Vector component has the identifier of vec-**X**, where **X** represents the instance number of the Diaflow Vector component.\
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**When to use it?** Imagine you're building an AI-powered chatbot that needs to answer user questions based on a massive knowledge base of documents. Diaflow Vectors lets you efficiently search through this knowledge base to find the most relevant information. It's not just about keyword matching – it's about understanding the meaning of the query and finding semantically similar content.
*Caution with action "**Add data to Vectors**"*
After you run the node
* The system is processing the data, and it may take a few minutes to successfully save it to the **Vector**. You can check the data processing status on the **Vector** **page**
* When the name of the added data matches the name of existing data, the system will automatically **overwrite** the old data
## Component settings
| Parameter Name | Description |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Action |
Options:
(1)Search data from Vectors:
All data from vectors: Uses all available vector data.
From vector groups: Uses data from specific groups of vectors.
From vector files: Uses data from specific vector files.
(2)To add data to Vectors:
Add data to vectors
|
| Input |
(1)Search data from Vectors: The content will be used as a keyword for searching data.
(2)To add data to Vectors Include: - File (.docx, .pdf, .txt) - URL
|
| Destination |
Applied this field witch action = Add data to vectors
Option:
Root
Group
|
| Select data | Allows the user to manage his vector files. Refer to [Vectors](/drive/diaflow-vectors.md) section to have more information. |
## Advanced configurations
This Diaflow Vectors component has no advanced configurations.
## Use case
### A - Search data from Vector
Here is a simple use case of the Diaflow Vector component, where the Diaflow Vector component is being used to get data from vector.
**Input:**
* Action = "**Search data from Vectors"**
* Select data from Vector Group
* Input prompt to search: Tell me the story about Kaka's footballer
**Output:**
### B - Add data to Vector
Here is a simple use case of the Diaflow Vector component, where the Diaflow Vector component is being used to add data to vector.
**Input**:
* Action = "**Add data to vectors**"
* Destination = "Root"
* Input = Refer link from the node before (With this use case is Trigger node)
**Output**:
At the vector page, when the user reloads the page, it will show the File
