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Add ability to turn off matching to intents, entities and context in strings

Currently, if Watson Assistant finds a #,@, $ in any string, it will replace the characters with an evaluation of the intent, entity or variable (respecitvely). This can be very difficult when there are strings passed back from an API that need to...
almost 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 0 Future consideration

enhance jointoArray() method to allow for inline modification

Currently, the joinToArray() Method at the link below, only only supports access to properties directly without further modification. This idea is to allow for modification of properties before merging into a template. This would allow for methods...
almost 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 1 Future consideration

UI and document should support Chinese Simplified

There are new customers in China for WA. We request WA UI and documents support Chinese Simplified. Thanks.
almost 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 1 Not under consideration

Watson Assistant New Experience needs JSON import/export function

The Watson Assistant New Experience is missing the JSON import/export function that the Classic Experience had. When switching between New and Classic experiences, the Assistant data is not migrated, therefore you cannot switch to the Classic expe...
almost 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 0 Functionality already exists

Enable/Disable Assistant in New Experience

The Watson Assistant New Experience needs a way to enable and disable an Assistant without having to delete and recreate it when needed. My business case is that I create Assistants for annual events. We only need the Assistant active during the e...
almost 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 1 Not under consideration

API for skills versions for full CI/CD support

In order to support full CI/CD of our Watson assistant based product, we should have the full ability to deploy a version without any manual UI actions needed. Currently, the API does not support any version control.
almost 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 0

Ability to delete disabled nodes when turning off MCR

Currently, when you turn off MCR (Multiple Conditioned Response) it will disable the separate responses instead of deleting them. This means they are kept in the skill/module but won't be visible in the Watson Assistant UI (can be seen in the down...
about 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 0 Not under consideration

Adding Greek Language on TTS and STT

I want to create a VR Chatbot through an avatar on Unity and i need greek language support.
about 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 1 Not under consideration

Extend the session timeout so Assistant can usefully support FB Messenger and other asynch channels experience.

When Watson Assistant works with Facebook Messenger the session times out after 60 minutes. 60 mins may be acceptable for a web session which is a synchronous experience . It is far too little time for an asynch messaging channel like FB Messenger...
about 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 5 Future consideration

Retry Virtual Assitant API link can be configurable

Retry Virtual Assitant API link can be configurable. When VGW calls Virtual Assitant API for replies, it does retry, that part should be configurable, so that users can enable and disable it.
over 2 years ago in watsonx Assistant 1