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Intents for chatbot conversations


As an administrator or an application business analyst, you can add phrases and modify the out-of-the-box intents in IBM Watson Assistant. This allows you to add phrases and words that suit your local language preferences. For example, you can add a new phrase, such as "leave this chat" to the start-over intent. For more information, see Configuring IBM Watson Assistant to work with BMC Helix Virtual Agent.

The following image shows the Intents tab in IBM Watson admin:

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End users can use BMC Helix Virtual Agent to submit their service requests by using natural language conversation. During a conversation, based on the required intent, an end-user enters relevant text in the chat. An intent is a goal that the user wants to accomplish and is reflected in the user's input (or text) in the chat. The chatbot understands the user's intent and then responds to the user with the correct dialog.

While interacting with an out-of-the-box chatbot, as a user, you can use various intents (or their variations as texts) to converse with the chatbot. For example, while interacting with BMC ITOps Chatbot, you can request for a service budget by entering cloud cost budget in the chat. Whereas, while interacting with BMC Chatbot to request for a leave, you can enter paid time off in the chat.

List of texts for interacting with

The following table lists the goals that you can accomplish by entering different texts when you use the out-of-the-box BMC Chatbot:

Goal to accomplish

Intent

Text to enter

To request for the transcript of a chat

emailTranscript

  • Email chat
  • Send chat transcript
  • I need the transcript of this chat

To start a conversation with a bot

conversation_start

NA

To end a conversation with a bot

thanks

  • Thanks for helping
  • Thank you so much
  • Thank you
  • thanks

To know the progress of your requests

request-status

  • show my request
  • state of my request
  • what is the status of my request
  • request status
  • my previous request status
  • my requests

To view the list of available chatbots and switch between them

list_and_switch_chatbot

  • I want to switch the chatbot skill.
  • What are the chatbot skills?
  • Can you switch the chatbot skill.
  • Can you change the chatbot skill.
  • I want to change the chatbot skill.
  • show me available skills.
  • show me all chatbot skills.
  • what are the available chatbots?

To provide feedback on your chatbot conversation

userFeedback

  • I want to participate in survey
  • I want to provide the feedback

To start a conversation with a bot

greetings

  • hi
  • hello
  • how are you?
  • helo
  • good morning

To change the locale in which you want to converse with a bot

preferredUserLocale

  • change lang
  • change my language
  • I want to change my language
  • I want to change my locale

To install a new software on your machine

install_software

  • install software
  • install application
  • need new software

To get information about your assets

my-stuff

  • Show my assets
  • Show my stuff
  • Show my devices
  • Show my items

To receive your employment verification letter

employment-verification

  • get employment verification letter
  • I would like to have employment verification letter
  • verify employment status letter
  • employment letter
  • provide me employment verification letter

To search for any information

For example, to resolve your login issue, you enter how do I troubleshoot login issues in a chat.

Search

  • how do
  • what is
  • look for knowledge
  • search for
  • how it works
  • Question on
  • would like to know
  • explore

To raise a general request

general

  • create service request
  • have generic request
  • create an incident

To get the budget details of a business service or resource pool

cloud-cost

  • business service
  • cloud cost budget
  • cloud cost
  • remaining budget detail
  • resource pool

To change your organization in a chat

switch_org

  • change organization
  • go back org
  • switch org
  • switch organization
  • change org
  • go back organization

To talk to an agent about your query

LiveAgentChat

  • connect me to agent
  • want to talk to agent

To access the wifi

guest_wifi

  • wifi request
  • guest wifi access

To move to a different office location

office-move

  • relocate offices
  • new office move
  • change my office
  • move to a different office
  • I am transferring to new office
  • changing office
  • I need to move to a different office
  • I would like to relocate to different office

To raise a request when you face issues while accessing VPN

VPN_access_issue

  • could not connect to vpn
  • vpn is not working
  • issue configuring vpn
  • facing vpn access issue
  • issue accessing vpn

To apply for a leave

PTO

  • apply for pto
  • paid time off
  • go on vacation
  • would like to opt maternity leave
  • take a day off
  • vacation time
  • planning vacation
  • want to take time off
  • take sick leave
  • maternity leave
  • apply timeoff
  • would like to opt paternity leave

To exit from a conversation or start a conversation again

start-over

  • start over
  • i am done
  • get out from here
  • start from beginning
  • skip
  • stop conversation
  • restart dialogue
  • quit
  • exit
  • restart conversation
  • cancel
  • cancel conversation

To get assistance from a bot in your conversation

assist

  • is there anything I can assist you?
  • I need help

List of texts for interacting with BMC ITOps Chatbot

The following table lists the goals that you can accomplish by entering different texts when you use the out-of-the-box BMC ITOps Chatbot:

Goal to accomplish

Intent

Text to enter

To start a conversation with a bot

greetings

  • how are you
  • hello
  • greetings
  • hi
  • helo
  • good morning

To get the budget of a business service or resource pool

cloud cost

  • cloud cost
  • business service
  • resource pool
  • remaining budget detail
  • cloud cost budget

To change your organization in a chat conversation

switch_org

  • go back organization
  • switch org
  • change org
  • go back org
  • switch organization
  • change organization

To provide feedback on your chat conversation

userFeedback

  • I want to provide the feedback
  • I want to participate in survey

To get the transcript of your chat

emailTranscript

  • I need the transcript of this chat
  • Email chat
  • Send chat transcript

To get assistance for a chat

assist

Is there anything I can assist you with?

To start your conversation again

start-over

  • i am done
  • get out from here
  • start from beginning
  • skip
  • start over
  • cancel conversation
  • cancel
  • restart conversation
  • quit
  • restart dialogue
  • stop conversation
  • exit

To change your locale in a chat conversation

preferredUserLocale

  • I want to change my locale
  • I want to change my language
  • change my language
  • change my lang

To end a conversation with a bot

thanks

  • thanks
  • Thank you
  • Thank you so much
  • Thank for helping

List of texts for interacting with BMC ChatOps

The following table lists the goals that you can accomplish by entering different texts when you use the out-of-the-box BMC ChatOps:

Goal to accomplish

Intent

Text to enter

To update the status of your ticket in Smart IT

updateIncidentStatus

  • /updatestatus
  • 1
  • update status
  • Update Incident status
  • I want to update Incident status
  • Go for status update

To update the assignee of your incident

updateIncidentAssignee

  • /updateAssignee
  • /assign
  • update assignee
  • I want to update assignee
  • set assignee
  • Assign Incident

To add a worklog note or an activity note to an incident

addActivity

  • Add worklog
  • Add comment
  • Add Activity Note
  • addActivity
  • /addActivity

To save a conversation with a bot

saveConversation

  • Save chat
  • save this conversation

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