The Visual Designer is a canvas-based tool that offers a drag-and-drop interface, empowering skill developers to construct conversational flows encompassing bot messages and decision paths. It is a user-friendly and customizable designer where steps within a skill are logically added and arranged in the desired order. The Virtual Designer requires minimal configuration, resulting in easily created, readable, and maintainable skills.
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For more information on the constructs, refer to Conversation Constructs in Visual Designer.
Tools bar
The Tools Bar on the Visual Designer canvas provides a range of helpful utilities to enhance the skill-building experience. The following tools are available for the skill developer:
Search Step: 'Search Step' tool simplifies navigation within extensive skill designs. Within this tool, you have the ability to search for specific steps by name. You can either select the desired step from the provided list or directly type in the step name. When a step is located through the search, the tool focuses on it, and the corresponding configuration is populated in the properties panel.
Auto Layout: Auto Layout facilitates the automatic arrangement of steps in a skill. By adding controls sequentially and then using the Auto Layout feature, the steps within the skill are automatically organized based on their link to the other steps. This ensures the skill is visually appealing and easily understandable.
Minimap: The Minimap provides an overview of the entire skill design, offering a bird's-eye view. It allows users to locate and focus on specific sections of the skill quickly. When a section is focused, the Canvas is loaded with the steps corresponding to the selected section, enabling easy navigation and targeted editing within the skill.
Download in PNG format: The option exports the skill as a PNG image.
Zoom in/Zoom out: This allows adjusting the level of magnification on the skill design canvas, depending on user needs. It provides flexibility in visualizing and working with the skill design at different scales.
Auto Fit: Auto Fit options assist in adjusting the display to suit individual preferences, ensuring a smooth and efficient skill-building process.
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Skill Details
Once the skill is created, its information is readily accessible on the canvas. Click on the Skill Name in the Header or in the Start step. You can now view the general skill details and list of Users/Groups who have permission to execute the skill.
On Skill Details, you can view general skill details:
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Permissions
Here you can grant access to individual users and groups to execute the skill. By default, the skill developer and the Administrators group are assigned to the skill and cannot be removed. This ensures that all skills can be accessed for testing by Administrators. Additional Users and Groups can be added. For more information, refer to Creating Skill using Classic Designer | Manage Skill Permissions.
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Re-prompting Behavior
The Visual Designer allows a skill developer to add an attribute multiple times in a skill. This enables Luma to re-prompt the user to fill an attribute again. This is called Re-prompting behavior and is specific to the skill. This is used to create a loop in the skill.
For more information on how re-promoting works, refer to Reusing attributes in Skill.