Output
Use Output
as the final component in your query pipelines to display answers and , optionally, documents.
Basic Information
- Pipeline type: Query
- Type: Not applicable
- Components it can connect with:
Output
is the last component in query pipelines.AnswerBuilder
:Output
receives answers from anAnswerBuilder
.Ranker
:Output
receives documents from a Ranker.
Inputs
Output
must receive either answers
, documents
, or both. If one is not provided, the other becomes required.
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
answers | A list of Answer objects. | Yes, if it doesn't receive documents | Final answers. |
documents | A list of Document objects. | Yes, if it doesn't receive answers | Documents accompanying the answers, for example as references. |
Outputs
The output of this component is the output of the pipeline: answers and optionally documents.
Overview
Output
is required at the end of query pipelines.
Usage Example
In Builder, connect the answer-generating component (such as AnswerBuilder) to Output
. You can also send documents from the component that returns them (such as a Retriever or a Ranker) if you want documents to be added to the pipeline's output. In this example, DeepsetAnswerBuilder
sends answers
to the Output
's answers
input.

In YAML, list this outputs of the pipeline and the components that produce them:
outputs:
answers: answer_builder.answers
documents: ranker.documents
Init Parameters
This component doesn't take any initialization parameters.
Updated 3 months ago