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Hello,

I have a trigger for phrases such as "What's the weather"

I need to evaluate this trigger phrase to identify if it contains a City or Country entity

if it does then it should set the associated variables

if it doesn't then it will call an action to set a default location (meaning the user should never be asked explicitly for City and Country).

Has anyone found a way to do this?

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Hi , @machoufleur

As searched , it seems has no way to extract entity from trigger. If we want to extract the entity we need to use the "Ask a question" action in my understanding.

And for the same case you can refer to :
Solved: How to detect entities from trigger phrases - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

Or you can also try to use the Dynamic Chaining feature if it can realize your need:

Copilot Studio Dynamic Chaining and Generative Actions in Power Virtual Agents (youtube.com)

Use Generative Actions in Microsoft Copilot Studio (preview) - Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn

If this reply can help you , you can click mark this reply as solution (Accept solution) which can help more people, thanks in advance!

Best Regards,

Yueyun Zhang

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