Adding File Index after deploying AoAi Web App

Question

Good Day,

When deploying WebApp at Azure Open Ai from the Chat playgroud option

Is that possible to link File / Folder search after the deploying is done?

By othwer words, Are these setting (on the left panel) reflecting on both Chat playground and the deployed Web App?

Or only reflects the Chat playground session?

Answer 1

Hello Mohamed Hussein,

Greetings and Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! Thanks for posting the question.

When deploying a web app using Azure OpenAI, the settings and configurations made in the Chat Playground do not automatically carry over to the deployed web app. These configurations are specific to the playground session and do not reflect in the deployed environment. Uploading and interacting with files is only possible within the Assistant in Azure OpenAI Studio and is not available once the web app is deployed. However, you can create a custom web app that leverages the Assistant API to enable file search and interaction post-deployment. This requires additional setup, such as integrating Azure Cognitive Search or other data retrieval methods, to support document-based interactions within the deployed solution. To achieve this, you would need to configure the web app separately, ensuring it can process and retrieve data as required.

Please refer this for custom webapp, https://github.com/microsoft/sample-app-aoai-chatGPT.

I hope you understand. And, if you have any further query do let us know.

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