Extract — Overview
The Extract workflow turns uploaded documents into editable, reviewable, and reusable project knowledge.
What Extract Does
Extraction in Engenerate is not a black-box process. When a document is processed, the results are immediately available for review, editing, and correction before they become part of your working knowledge base. This review-first design means you stay in control of what goes into your project.
Supported File Types
| Type | Formats |
|---|---|
| Documents | PDF (including scanned), Word (.doc, .docx), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) |
| Images | JPG (.jpg, .jpeg), PNG (.png) |
Scanned PDFs are fully supported. Engenerate processes image-based documents through OCR, so scanned reports, drawings, and legacy records are handled alongside native digital files without any pre-processing step. Word and PowerPoint files are converted to PDF first and then processed the same way.
CSV (.csv) and plain text (.txt) uploads are temporarily unavailable while we rework how unprocessable file types are handled. Uploads of those types are rejected at the picker rather than accepted and left in an error state.
Excel workbooks (.xls, .xlsx) are not accepted at all — a rendered spreadsheet paginates poorly and reads as noise.
Uploading Files
Files can be added from the Documents tab inside a project's Resources panel.
You can:
- Click the upload button and select one or more files
- Drag and drop files directly into the Documents area
- Upload multiple files in a single batch
Before uploading, you can optionally add:
- A description for the document
- Tags to help organize large projects
- A workspace association to connect the document to a specific working environment
What Happens After Upload
Once a file is uploaded, Engenerate queues it for processing. Processing happens automatically in the background. You can see the current status of each document in the Documents list.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Queued | Waiting to be processed |
| Processing | Extraction is in progress |
| Ready | Processing is complete; content is available for review |
| Error | Processing encountered a problem; reprocessing is available |
When processing completes, the document becomes immediately available for review, editing, and use in chat.
Reprocessing
If extraction results are unsatisfactory, you can reprocess a document. Reprocessing is useful when:
- The first-pass extraction missed content or produced errors
- A newer processing workflow is available
- A figure or layout needs a fresh pass after edits
Reprocessing replaces the current extraction results while preserving the original source file.