> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://anaconda.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Anaconda Assistant
The Anaconda Assistant is an intuitive chat interface to help you generate, explain, and debug code, learn new topics, and more.
To access the Assistant, click **Chat-based Python help** under **Anaconda Assistant**.
## Ask the Assistant
Use the Assistant to create Python code for analyzing your data.
1. Under **Help with coding tasks**, click **Generate python code to…**.
2. Pose prompts to the Assistant for guidance on analyzing the data in your workbook.
3. When provided code to run, set the placement in your workbook and click **Run**.
## Generate a chart
Use the Assistant to create Python code for rendering charts.
1. Under **Work with Tables and Ranges**, click **Generate a chart from a table or range**.
2. Click the input cell that appears, then, in the dropdown, select a specific sheet or manually select a range of cells.
3. The Assistant provides a list of possible charts it can generate Python code for. Use the text box to choose which chart you would like generated or to ask for a new set of possibilities. Type something like the following:
* 1
* Generate the second idea
* chart #3, please
* Give me new options!
4. Once the Assistant has provided the code, click the **Placement in Workbook** cell and select a cell in your workbook to render the code.
5. Click **Run**.
6. The chart renders in the cell you set under **Output**. To view an enlarged copy of the chart, select the cell, then click **Create Reference**.
## Aggregate or summarize a table or range
Use the Assistant to create Python code to aggregate your data.
1. Under **Work with Tables and Ranges**, click **Aggregate or summarize a table or range**.
2. Click the input cell that appears, then, in the dropdown, select a specific sheet or manually select a range of cells.
3. The Assistant provides a list of possible calculations it can generate Python code for. Use the text box to choose which chart you would like generated or to ask for a new set of possibilities. Type something like the following:
* 1
* Generate the second idea
* calculation #3, please
* Give me new options!
4. Once the Assistant has provided the code, click the **Placement in Workbook** cell and select a cell in your workbook to render the code.
5. Click **Run**.
6. The results render in the cell you set under **Output**.
If the results shows up in the Diagnostics pane, manually remove the `print(` and closing `)` from the formula bar above the sheet.
## Start a new chat
To start a new chat, click **New Chat**.
