[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Google Cloud Discovery Engine V1 Client - Class Answer (1.7.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [1.7.0 (latest)](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/latest/V1.Answer)\n- [1.6.1](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/1.6.1/V1.Answer)\n- [1.5.1](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/1.5.1/V1.Answer)\n- [1.4.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/1.4.0/V1.Answer)\n- [1.3.3](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/1.3.3/V1.Answer)\n- [1.2.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/1.2.0/V1.Answer)\n- [1.1.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/1.1.0/V1.Answer)\n- [1.0.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/1.0.0/V1.Answer)\n- [0.11.3](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.11.3/V1.Answer)\n- [0.8.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.8.0/V1.Answer)\n- [0.7.1](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.7.1/V1.Answer)\n- [0.6.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.6.0/V1.Answer)\n- [0.5.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.5.0/V1.Answer)\n- [0.4.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.4.0/V1.Answer)\n- [0.3.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.3.0/V1.Answer)\n- [0.2.0](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.2.0/V1.Answer)\n- [0.1.1](/php/docs/reference/cloud-discoveryengine/0.1.1/V1.Answer) \nReference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Discovery Engine V1 Client class Answer.\n\nDefines an answer.\n\nGenerated from protobuf message `google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.Answer`\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\nGoogle \\\\ Cloud \\\\ DiscoveryEngine \\\\ V1\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### __construct\n\nConstructor.\n\n### getName\n\nImmutable. Fully qualified name\n`projects/{project}/locations/global/collections/{collection}/engines/{engine}/sessions/*/answers/*`\n\n### setName\n\nImmutable. Fully qualified name\n`projects/{project}/locations/global/collections/{collection}/engines/{engine}/sessions/*/answers/*`\n\n### getState\n\nThe state of the answer generation.\n\n### setState\n\nThe state of the answer generation.\n\n### getAnswerText\n\nThe textual answer.\n\n### setAnswerText\n\nThe textual answer.\n\n### getGroundingScore\n\nA score in the range of \\[0, 1\\] describing how grounded the answer is by the\nreference chunks.\n\n### hasGroundingScore\n\n### clearGroundingScore\n\n### setGroundingScore\n\nA score in the range of \\[0, 1\\] describing how grounded the answer is by the\nreference chunks.\n\n### getCitations\n\nCitations.\n\n### setCitations\n\nCitations.\n\n### getGroundingSupports\n\nOptional. Grounding supports.\n\n### setGroundingSupports\n\nOptional. Grounding supports.\n\n### getReferences\n\nReferences.\n\n### setReferences\n\nReferences.\n\n### getRelatedQuestions\n\nSuggested related questions.\n\n### setRelatedQuestions\n\nSuggested related questions.\n\n### getSteps\n\nAnswer generation steps.\n\n### setSteps\n\nAnswer generation steps.\n\n### getQueryUnderstandingInfo\n\nQuery understanding information.\n\n### hasQueryUnderstandingInfo\n\n### clearQueryUnderstandingInfo\n\n### setQueryUnderstandingInfo\n\nQuery understanding information.\n\n### getAnswerSkippedReasons\n\nAdditional answer-skipped reasons. This provides the reason for ignored\ncases. If nothing is skipped, this field is not set.\n\n### setAnswerSkippedReasons\n\nAdditional answer-skipped reasons. This provides the reason for ignored\ncases. If nothing is skipped, this field is not set.\n\n### getCreateTime\n\nOutput only. Answer creation timestamp.\n\n### hasCreateTime\n\n### clearCreateTime\n\n### setCreateTime\n\nOutput only. Answer creation timestamp.\n\n### getCompleteTime\n\nOutput only. Answer completed timestamp.\n\n### hasCompleteTime\n\n### clearCompleteTime\n\n### setCompleteTime\n\nOutput only. Answer completed timestamp.\n\n### getSafetyRatings\n\nOptional. Safety ratings.\n\n### setSafetyRatings\n\nOptional. Safety ratings."]]
