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Add Trigger Phrases to a Default System Topic

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Posted on 19 Jan 2023 10:42:16 by 87

Hi,

 

I just started to make bot via Power Virtual. The default System Topics is automatically made and it cannot be turned off. The trigger phrase cannot be edited, added or deleted as well. 

 

Common phrases for Greetings, Thank You, Bye, etc. are very common in conversation and I would like to add some more trigger phrase but unfortunately it was lock/disabled. 

 

Is there a way to deactivate this default system topics, or what is the the alternative way if I want to add trigger phrases?

 

Best regards,

Yahya

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    HenryJammes Profile Picture
    on 19 Jan 2023 at 10:53:56
    Re: Add Trigger Phrases to a Default System Topic

    Hi @HeihoSilver,

     

    This isn't possible in the current production version of PVA.
    However, this is possible in the new unified authoring canvas of PVA, now in

     

    The only workaround in the current production of PVA, and this is more of a hack (warning: this isn't documented nor supported), is to:

    1. export your bot in a solution,
    2. unzip it,
    3. edit the content.json file for the desired topic (e.g. content.json under botcomponents/new_topic_5a13227529cf45689e42395156e4c79e_ba7b967c97ba4c39bca58a8bb6a72d59_conversationstart for Greeting),
    4. edit/add trigger phrases,
    5. create a new zip file for the solution,
    6. import it to overwrite the bot in PVA.

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