File Library
The File Library holds every document in a project and reads each one as it arrives. Text is extracted, the parties, dates, amounts and governing law are pulled out, and a summary is written. Everything the library learns is then available to the other tools: Timeline, Document Review, Review Matrix, Research, Drafting, Case Strategy and Translation all take their inputs from here.
Local uploads go into a folder. Where root imports are enabled, cloud files can also be imported directly at Project root. Synced folders always appear at the project root.
- Accepts: 26 file extensions, including PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OpenDocument, RTF, plain text, CSV, HTML, email messages and images. ZIP archives are unpacked rather than filed.
- Ways to add: use Upload for local files/folders, Import for connected imports or sync, or drag files onto the panel. New folder sits beside them; View uploads joins them when the project supports it.
- Output: searchable text, a document summary, key facts, parties, key dates, monetary values and clauses, all cited to the page.
- Views: the folder tree on the left, doubling as the file list, and a File summary with Table and Insights modes on the right.
- Export: an analysis report as PDF, a data table as XLSX or CSV, and the original files.
The two halves of the screen
The library route is split. On the left is the Files panel, which is the same panel every feature uses to pick documents. On the right is the analysis pane.
The Files panel shows the folder tree, which is the file list too — opening a folder lists its sub-folders and files as rows in the same tree, with no separate table. It is a resizable rail, from 433px up to 620px; there is no separate expanded mode.
With nothing selected, the analysis pane shows What would you like to explore today? and See an overview of this project, then select files for summaries and insights. The selection band comes first: Choose files opens and focuses the current Files panel, and Upload opens the same panel and starts the upload wizard. Neither button selects documents for you.
Across this project shows ready files, folders including empty folders, document types and the earliest/latest dates found in document content. Types and dates are based on ready files; dates are not upload dates. Processing and attention notices explain what is still being prepared, with access to recovery when needed. Refresh updates the snapshot. If the overview is unavailable, use Retry while selection and upload remain available.
Tick a ready file or folder and the home becomes results automatically, with the summary table and six Insights views available for the selection. Back clears the selection and returns home. Opening a document shows its detail page; Back from detail returns to the selected results, or home when nothing is selected.
What each part is for
| Part | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Search row | Top of the panel | Search, with filter and sort inside the field itself, then the New folder, Upload and Import icons, and View uploads when the project supports it. |
| Folder tree | Below the search row, filling the panel | Lists folders and files together: opening a folder lists its sub-folders, then its files, as rows in the same tree. Selecting the root row returns you there; the count on the right is how many files it holds. |
| Inspector rail | Right of the tree | One file at a time: Details, Activity, or the reader. |
| Selection band | Floating over the tree | Appears the moment something is ticked. Auto folderise, Move, Delete and Clear selection. |
| Project overview | The analysis pane with nothing selected | Ready-file context and the selection/upload prompt. |
| File summary | The analysis pane after selection | Every selected file as a row, or the same selection as charts under Insights. |
How a file is processed
Every file goes through the same sequence, and its row reports where it has got to.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Validating | Judicio is checking the file can be opened and read. |
| Processing | Text is being extracted, entities pulled out and the summary written. |
| Completed | Everything is ready. The file can be ticked and used in any feature. |
| Needs attention | Something stopped the file and you can usually fix it, most often a password. |
| Failed | Processing did not finish. Open the file's available recovery actions to see whether it can be retried. |
Only a Completed file can be ticked, so a folder mid-processing shows some rows selectable and some not. See Uploading files for the bands that report progress and the actions that clear a stuck file.
Credits
| Action | Cost | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Processing a file (text, entities, summary) | Free within your plan's included pages, then pages × 0.5 | 20 pages past the allowance = 10 credits |
What you pay for
Reading a file is the only charged action in the library. Every plan includes a monthly page allowance; pages beyond it are charged per page. Browsing, searching, filtering, sorting, folder changes, auto-folderising, insights and exports are all free. See Credits Explained.
Working with your team
A folder can be shared with a colleague as Viewer, Editor or Owner. Sharing is for organisations, and the person you name must already be a member of yours. Only your role on the project decides what you may change there — a folder share's own role does not currently add anything beyond letting you open and read the folder. See Sharing files and Collaboration.
Next steps
- Getting started - the happy path, screen by screen.
- Uploading files - every way in, and what to do when a file stops.
- Organising files - folders by hand, and auto folderise.
- Search and filter - the two searches and what each one covers.
- File details - the inspector, the reader and the document page.
- File summaries and insights - the summary table, the insight views and export.
- Sharing files - folder roles and who can grant them.
- Cloud import - Google Drive, OneDrive and SharePoint.
- FAQ - answers and troubleshooting.