Centralpoint Update 8.12.6
Date of Update: Monday, May 11, 2026
| Feature | Summary |
| NLS & AI > Knowledge Assistant | A new Knowledge Assistant module is now available under NLS & AI. This is the first release of the feature and ships in beta - the page carries a Beta pill, and behavior will continue to refine as it matures.
Requirement: SQL Server 2022 or later. Knowledge Assistant uses vector indexing, which depends on clustered columnstore features introduced in SQL 2022. On pre-2022 SQL Server, the page renders a capability banner and disables AI Indexing, the Search tab, and the Chat tab rather than failing at runtime.
Knowledge Assistant lets users ask natural-language questions about indexed module data and returns two complementary views:
- Search - a hero question box returns ranked record cards with similarity scores, a threshold slider, a sort dropdown, and a per-result "Why this match?" disclosure that reveals the exact text the AI matched on. Results can be summarized into a single AI-generated digest or exported to JSON or CSV.
- Chat - a streaming conversational view that answers questions with citations to the underlying records. Each reply shows source-reference cards linking directly to the Console record. The history sidebar resumes prior conversations with citations intact.
A Settings tab shows the active audience scope and lets administrators choose which modules the Knowledge Assistant can search. Audience and module-access filtering are enforced server-side from the signed-in user's permissions - users cannot reach data they would not see through normal navigation.
Knowledge Assistant requires that at least one module be enrolled and indexed via NLS & AI > AI Indexing first; the empty state on the Knowledge Assistant page links to AI Indexing when no modules are available.
A small companion change: a new optional KnowledgeAssistantProperties block under NLS & AI > AI Properties lets administrators override the chat provider, model, temperature, system prompt, default similarity threshold, and default result count for the Knowledge Assistant only - leaving the site-wide AI Configuration untouched. Empty fields fall back to AI Configuration defaults. |
| Data Transfer > SharePoint List Attachments | Centralpoint can now import file attachments from SharePoint list items alongside the row data. Attachments are linked to their parent record and kept in sync automatically as items change in SharePoint. Refer to the SharePoint List Attachments documentation for configuration and setup guidance. |
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