What do you need to know about IBM Watson?
The IBM Watson Assistant (Conversation) service on the IBM Cloud is the foundation for building powerful chatbots and dialog-based systems. The core of its flexibility and versatility is a programming API and the ability to pass variables through the cognitive system.
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How to create a chatbot with IBM Watson?
Make sure you’re signed in to your IBM Cloud account. Click Catalog and then Services > Watson > Assistant. For the service name, type ITSupportConversation. Click Create. This page is displayed: Click Launch Tool to open the Watson Assistant workspace. The Car Dashboard example is a predefined conversation.
How are workspaces used in IBM Watson Assistant?
You should use workspaces to maintain separate intents, user instances, entities, and dialog flows for each app. Watson Assistant uses a step-by-step approach to guide you through creating workspaces, intents, and more.
How to use simple variables in Watson conversation?
The example is part of the simple-variables.json workspace file. You can import the file as a new workspace in IBM Watson Conversation. In this example, a condition first checks that a sys-currency system entity is present, then that exactly two currency values are included in the user input, and as a third condition that the currency units match.
What are entities in the IBM Watson Assistant service?
The IBM Watson Assistant service supports various system entities. They are predefined entities that can be enabled to allow simple identification of typical user input. The following response chain shows how entities can be accessed to form a response. Response string: All entities: .
How are pattern entities used in the Watson conversation?
Instead of training the values for every possible combination, pattern entities allow you to set the pattern to a regular expression and then detect that value. In our example, we create a pattern for an order number and an email. Go to the entities section of the tool, enter the value and choose ‘Patterns’.
How to import a file into Watson chat?
You can import the file as a new workspace in IBM Watson Conversation. In this example, a condition first checks that a sys-currency system entity is present, then that exactly two currency values are included in the user input, and as a third condition that the currency units match. In the response string, the two entered values are added together.