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title: "Run a generation session"
slug: "run-a-generation-session"
updated: 2025-10-08T11:55:06Z
published: 2025-10-08T11:55:06Z
canonical: "docs.akridata.ai/run-a-generation-session"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Run a generation session

Once you have [reviewed the preview session](https://docs.akridata.ai/docs/review-preview-session-results) results and are ready to synthesize the images, you can proceed with generating the session. In this session, the images are synthesized based on the defined concepts.

The previous topic lists the steps to [reviewing a preview session](https://docs.akridata.ai/docs/inputs-and-preview).

To generate the session on the required background images:

1. In the **Generation Projects** screen, on the project card, click **Edit**.
2. Under **Generations**, click the **Generate** button. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/generation-session.jpg)
3. In the **Generate Session** window, enter **Name** and **Description** for the session, for easy reference. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/generate-session-window(1).jpg)
4. Click **Select Background Images**. You must provide background images on which the concept must be generated by querying the catalog.
  1. In the **Query Catalog** window, select the **Dataset** and **Table/View**.
  2. Enter the number of background images needed—for example, 50.
  3. Provide additional conditions, such as **Column**, **Operation**, and **Values,** to query the catalog for relevant images. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/datagen-query-catalog(1).jpg)
  4. Click **Submit Query**. The **Background Images** screen appears, displaying all the images that match the conditions.
5. Click **Add** to add the background images. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/datagen-generate-session-images.jpg)
6. Click the **Generate**button to start the generation session in the Generate Session window. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/generate-session-in-progress.jpg)

During the generation session, you will not be able to change the image set. However, you can clone the session to review and create another generation session, if needed.

Once the session is generated successfully, the spec version is marked with a green tick, as follows: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/generations-window.jpg)

The generated images are added to the dataset while creating the datagen project.