Cloud
- Confirm the source uses a supported format and is not password protected.
- Convert older office files to a current format before uploading.
- Use a text-based or higher-quality scan when extraction misses content.
- Check that important data is clear and consistently labeled in the source.
Self-hosted
- Confirm the upload and persistent-data directories are writable.
- Check document-processing logs for parser, OCR, file-size, or timeout errors.
- Verify image and search provider credentials independently from the text provider.
- For host services such as Ollama, use a hostname reachable from the container rather than container
localhost. - Convert
.doc,.ppt, and.xlsfiles to modern equivalents when parsing fails.