How RIA acts
What RIA can see, what it can change, and why nothing changes until you click.
RIA is eode's assistant. It lives in the console, the diamond in the corner of every screen. It reads your model and its results, answers in your own terms, and proposes changes. A proposal is a card. Nothing in your model changes until you press its button.
What RIA knows when you ask
Every message carries what's on your screen: which screen, which model, the scenario you've selected, the workspace, your persona, and anything you've pinned. That's why "why did this drop?" works without naming anything. Each model keeps its own conversations, so RIA picks up where you left off.
While RIA works
RIA shows what it's doing as plain steps (see the console), and answers in your business's words: it doesn't show its reasoning, internal ids or the names of the tools it uses. If a turn fails partway, RIA says I couldn't finish that — please try again.
What RIA can do
| RIA can | How it shows up |
|---|---|
| Explain a result, a rule, a number | An answer in the thread, with links to the scenarios and models it mentions |
| Take you to a screen | It opens the screen for you |
| Write a what-if | A what-if card: Run it creates and solves it |
| Change the model's structure | A model edit card or a filed change order: Preview first, then Apply |
| Lay out a workspace | A workspace layout card: Approve saves it to the board |
| Read an attached file | Data files and design documents you attach in the console |
Cards come one at a time, newest first; the rest wait behind a count. See RIA's proposals.
What RIA can't do
- Change anything without your click on its card.
- Do anything you couldn't do yourself. RIA proposes for anyone who can see the model, but only owners, contributors and Org Admins can apply. See Who can decide what.
- Act on a model you haven't opened, or one whose structure isn't editable yet. It says so in its reply.
Undo
What RIA applies is a new version of the model. Versions and history shows every change, who made it, and lets an owner go back.