AI Assistant (NVivo 15 Windows)

NVivo AI Assistant enables secure text summarization, coding suggestions, and sentiment analysis, with customizable options and strict privacy (no data retention or training use).

Apr 1, 2026
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AI Assistant (NVivo 15 Windows)

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AI Assistant (NVivo 15 Windows)

AI Assistant is a generative artificial intelligent tool that is embedded within NVivo to enhance your data analysis. Lumivero has an Enterprise Agreement with OpenAi which explicitly states that no data uploaded from NVivo will be used for training purposes. In addition, as part of the zero data retention policy, any data that is uploaded will be immediately deleted from Open.ai servers once it completes the requested operation. For more information, see Legal AI Usage Policy Enterprise privacy | OpenAI.

NOTE Before utilizing the benefits of the AI assistant, read and accept the Terms of Use.

Using AI assistant, you can leverage coding suggestions and summarize texts or documents. AI Assistant options can be accessed from the following locations in NVivo:

NOTE The AI assistant option will be greyed out if no selection has been made or if you are logged out of NVivo.

From the top ribbon, select Home -> AI Assistant:
From the Detail View toolbar:
From the context menu:
- Using the AI Assistant: Summarize text option, you can select the required text in a document and automatically summarize the selected text in the preferred language and length. The summarized texts may be saved as annotations. For more information, see AI Assistant: Summarize Text (NVivo 15 Windows).
- Using the AI Assistant: Summarize Document(s) option, you can select one or more items such as audio, video, and PDF document and automatically generate a summary for each selected item which can be stored as linked memos. You also have the option to select preferred summary language and length. For more information, see AI Assistant: Summarize (NVivo 15 Windows).
- Using the AI Assistant: Suggest Child Codes option, you can select a code and generate child codes based on the coded content. For more information, see AI Assistant: Suggest Child Codes (NVivo 15 Windows).
- Using the AI Assistant: Summarize Coded Content option, you can automatically generate AI summaries from the coded content in the selected matrix cell(s). For more information, see AI Assistant: Summarize Coded Content (NVivo 15 Windows).
From Autocode Wizard (Home - > Autocode), using the Identify sentiment option, you can automatically identify expressions and autocode sentiment in your content. For more information, see Automatically detect and code sentiment (NVivo 15 Windows).
NOTE With NVivo 15.4, the Autocode Sentiment feature leverages generative AI to deliver faster and improved sentiment analysis.