Inspect and update a proposed configuration

Before you start

Open your saved analysis after Propose configuration succeeds. Have your procedure and the original supporting material available. Read the cited sources to check that the proposed settings reflect your procedure.

Inspect settings and their evidence

1. Use Back and Continue to visit each editor step. Read Current saved draft or Pending local edits in Configuration help before relying on the explanation.
2. Open Explanation and sources for this step. Check what the source actually supplied, what was recommended, and any assumptions or unanswered facts. These details describe the saved revision, not unsaved screen edits.
3. Select a cited evidence marker to inspect the quoted passage, cells or document context. Check the surrounding material and source identity. A citation to older guidance shows the version used for that proposal.
4. For PDF evidence, choose View original page for the offered page. Use Actual size or Fit page to inspect it. The assistant reads extracted text and tables, not page images. Inspect figures and scanned content yourself.
5. After you edit a proposal, Original proposal explanation (revision 1) still describes the original settings. Use Refresh help when the editor says its context has changed.

Ask a question or change the settings

1. For a question only, enter Message about this configuration and choose Send. The response can discuss settings, including separately labelled local edits; it does not save changes.
2. For a change, first reconcile any pending local edits or save conflicts. Describe the intended change and its basis, then choose Update configuration. This asks the assistant to change and save the settings.
3. Answer any follow-up questions. When the update finishes, compare Setting, Before and After, then check the saved settings in the editor before choosing Run analysis.

Recover an interrupted or rejected update

Use Check same update when its result is uncertain. If offered, Resume reviewed update continues the update you were reviewing. Cancel update and keep draft stops it. Check the saved draft rather than assuming an interrupted response lost the save.

If the draft was changed in another tab or session, review the latest saved settings and decide which edits to keep before asking for another update.

Missing or unreadable evidence is a reason to supply better source material or correct the facts. Do not interpret a fluent explanation as a substitute for the required evidence.