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title: "View a Native Document"
slug: "view-a-native-document"
tags: ["viewer", "conversations", "Document", "native", "view"]
updated: 2025-04-25T06:40:53Z
published: 2025-04-25T06:40:53Z
canonical: "docs.revealdata.com/view-a-native-document"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.revealdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# View a Native Document

Native documents must be presented to Brainspace within the /data/brainspace/ directory structure to be ingested. Native documents can be viewed and downloaded in the Brainspace Document Viewer as long as they continue to reside in that location.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Brainspace has the ability to automatically populate source labels in a metadata field called **brs:sourcelabel** for each directory that is ingested. Examples of these labels could be a custodian name, or device, such as "laptop." The brs:sourcelabel field will be accessible on the Dashboard for quick filtering as well as through the Advanced Search interface. In order to take advantage of this, it is recommended to place all custodian or source folders for a given matter in a single directory.

To view a native document:

1. Click **Conversations**.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/view-a-native-document-image-st6k5b52.jpg)
2. The Conversations window will open.
3. In the People pane, click a **Person/Alias**.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/view-a-native-document-image-h61bt145.jpg)
4. All documents associated with the person or alias will display in the Emails pane.
5. In the Emails pane, click a **document**.

The document will open in the Document Viewer.
6. In the Document Viewer footer ribbon, toggle the **View Native Document** switch.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/view-a-native-document-image-8mk7g9wq.jpg)
7. The native document will open in the Document Viewer.

After viewing the native document, you can download it to your local machine. For more information, see [***Download a Native Document***](/brainspace/docs/download-a-native-document).

## Related

- [Document Viewer](/document-viewer-1.md)
- [Create and Manage a Native Connector](/create-and-manage-a-native-connector.md)