Ask questions in natural language about the data and documents in your CMDB, with permissions always respected.
Who is the contact person for this application? What does this system's manual say about routine maintenance? With the PowerFinder plugin you can ask CMDBuild in natural language: it searches the cards and documents for you, so you don't need to know which menu or attachment holds the answer.
How you use it
Chat
A chat window always available in the interface: type your question in your own words and get the answer, without digging through menus and lists.
AI assistant
Built right into cards and processes: you can ask questions while viewing an asset or completing a step, without leaving the page.
Search
The search box on the home page also accepts natural language questions: the quickest starting point for finding a piece of information.
Sources always cited
Every answer lists the cards, documents and other sources it was drawn from, so you can always check where the information comes from.
PowerFinder finds and reports the information held in the CMDB and in the documents. For counts, comparisons and data analysis, the dedicated tools remain the way to go: reports and dashboards.
How it works
1
Choose the data
The administrator decides which data to make available to the AI: types of cards and processes, fields to include, optional filters and also attached documents.
2
Always up to date
Every change to the cards is passed on automatically, so answers are always based on the latest information.
3
Organized by scope
Data can be split into separate scopes, each dedicated to one kind of question, for example IT inventory or technical documentation for building systems.
Attached documents come from the document archive. Technically speaking, PowerFinder is a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) service.
Security
Your data stays protected
No direct access
Users never query the AI service directly: CMDBuild always does it on their behalf.
Authorized data only
CMDBuild checks permissions first: everyone gets answers based only on the data they are allowed to see.
Find out how permissions and access are defined. PowerFinder is a Premium plugin, installed from the Plugin Manager.
Learn more in the documentation: AI plugin