Copilot Studio - not saving generative answer into a variable

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New to copilot studio. Trying to capture a generated answer in a variable so I can use it other palces, but it's always null. In below case Draft description is always outputed But Var1 is not outputing anything. Tried in two different topics with same results.

kind: AdaptiveDialog
beginDialog:
  kind: OnRecognizedIntent
  id: main
  intent:
    triggerQueries:
      - test
      - run a test
      - start test
      - begin testing
      - initiate test sequence
      - perform a test
      - testing mode
      - can you test this?
      - let's do a test
      - execute test
  actions:
    - kind: Question
      id: Question_ToonwE
      variable: Topic.DraftDescription2
      prompt: Please provide a draft description for your work item.
      entity: StringPrebuiltEntity
    - kind: SearchAndSummarizeContent
      id: adOg8F
      autoSend: false
      variable: Topic.Var1
      userInput: Rewrite {Topic.DraftDescription2} in a more professional manner
      responseCaptureType: TextOnly
    - kind: SendActivity
      id: sendActivity_Aacvub
      activity: "{Topic.Var1}{Topic.DraftDescription2}"
inputType: {}
outputType: {}

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,976 Moderator on at

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Hi @IK-06082236-0

I am actually wondering if its due to that fact that you have Classic on and I do not know for sure what Knowledge its using.

Can you, just for kicks, turn on Web Search just to see if you get something.

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Arild Aarnes 570 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

The result you get will vary depending on what knowledge sources your agent has and what instructions you have given the agent.

Try to give it specific instructions to rewrite the text in the Create generative answers node.
I just tested your topic code, and with these instructions it works fine, even i classic mode.

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Arild

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I'm facing the same issue. Does anyone have a solution? If classic is turned on it works fine, but I don't want to use classic as it returns wrong answers. It looks like it is unable to properly bind the answer to the variable when classic is turned off. Already tried all workarounds provided by chatgpt and copilot, still no luck.

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Arild Aarnes 570 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

What about using a Prompt instead of the Generative Answer node? That will give consistent results for a scenario like this.

Ad a node by using Add a Tool > New Prompt

create a output variable and use that.

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Arild

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The variable is probably populated correctly ... but it has properties of .text.content and .text.markdowncontent in which you will find the response text.

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