Getting started with Caplena
Turn open-ended feedback into actionable insights in minutes.
Caplena helps you quickly turn open-ended survey responses, reviews, and other unstructured text into clear, actionable insights. This quick-start guide will walk you through the essentials so you can start uncovering what really matters in your data.
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Step 1: Create a New Project
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Step 2: Upload and Validate Your Data
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Step 3: Generate Topics with AI
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Step 4: Review AI Assignments
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Step 5: Visualize & Share Insights
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Step 6: Ask Questions with Insight Chat
Step 1: Create a New Project
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From your Project List, click New Project
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Enter a project name (e.g., NPS Survey Analysis)
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(Optional) Add project context – e.g., the goal, audience, or product you're analyzing. This helps generate more relevant insights
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Set the project language (this determines how responses are analyzed)
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(Optional) Enable:
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Translation – if your data includes multiple languages
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Anonymization – to automatically mask personal information
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Learn more about project setup →
Step 2: Upload and Validate Your Data
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Upload your file (Excel, CSV, etc.) or connect an integration
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Caplena will auto-detect open text columns. Select which ones to analyze
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You can use additional columns (e.g., age, gender) for filtering/segmentation
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Click Validate, then Continue
💡Tip:
Keep an ID column if you'll re-upload updates later.
Learn more about data upload →
Step 3: Generate Topics with AI
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Click Start Analysis
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Choose one of the following:
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Start from scratch – Caplena auto-generates topics
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Import a predefined topic collection
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Reuse topics from a previous project
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Caplena will structure topics into categories. You can:
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Rename, merge, or delete topics
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Create custom categories
If sentiment detection is enabled, comments are marked as positive, neutral, or negative.
Learn more about topic generation →
Step 4: Review AI Assignments
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Open the Topics view
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Review and confirm/correct the topic suggestions
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Adjust your topic collection structure as needed
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This fine-tuning improves accuracy and insight quality
💡Tip:
Improving topic quality leads to stronger insights in reports.
Step 5: Visualize & Share Insights
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Go to Reports, and create a new one (from scratch or a template)
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Use Edit Mode to customize charts or apply filters
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Create segments to compare groups or timeframes
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Share reports with internal or external stakeholders
Step 6: Ask Questions with Insight Chat
Use Insight Chat to explore your data using natural language.
Just type your question — e.g.:
"What are customers saying about delivery time?"
"Why are promoters happy?"
Get quick answers and discover trends without manual digging.
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Perfect for quick deep-dives or stakeholder demos.
🎥 Prefer Video?
Watch a quick video below for a guided demo: