Redirect users to different Virtual Agent topics if small talk, such as greetings, expressions of gratitude, complaints, or requests to close, are detected in conversations.
Vorbereitungen
Role required: admin
Warum und wann dieser Vorgang ausgeführt wird
When engaging with generative AI, many people send conversational messages that are ultimately unhelpful for the Virtual Agent when determining how to help the user achieve their goals. You can configure small talk filters
that catch these conversational messages. When a user is sending a message such as a greeting or expressing complaints about the conversation, you can redirect them to serve their needs.
Prozedur
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In the navigator, go to the Generative AI Filter [sys_gen_ai_filter] table by entering sys_gen_ai_filter.list.
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Open the record for the small talk filter that you want to configure or select New to create one.
By default, the four available filters for small talk are Greetings, Gratitude, Complaint, and Closure. If you see other filters, those filters are sensitive topic filters that can be set up with the Now Assist Admin
console. See Configure subject filters for generative AI for more information.
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If creating a filter, add a Name and Description for the filter.
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Choose the Filter Error Topic that you want to redirect users to when the small talk filter is detected.
By default, the user is redirected to the Small Talk Response Processor topic.
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For the Order field, choose the order to apply the filters.
Filters are processed by lowest order to highest. A filter with order 100 is processed before a filter with order 200.
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In the Filter Configurations field, use the name "portal" to determine where the filter should be run, such as setting "portal" to value "sp" to apply only the filter on the sp portal.
Use a comma-separated list to select multiple values.

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Select Save to save any changes.
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In the navigator, go to the Generative AI Filter Sample [sys_gen_ai_filter_sample] table by entering sys_gen_ai_filter_sample.list.
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Review the sample phrases for each filter.
Statements that match these sample phrases activate the selected filter. You can create sample phrases manually by creating records on the table or by using generative AI to generate samples for you.
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To create a sample manually, select New.
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In the Sample text field, enter the sample text of what you want to be caught by the filter.
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In the Filter field, select the filter you want the sample to be applied to.
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If you want to generate more sample phrases with generative AI, open a record for a sample phrase for the desired filter.
An example might be the "Thanks for your assistance with my task" sample filter for the Gratitude filter.

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Select Generate Samples to create additional example statements to trigger the filter.
The more sample statements that you provide, the more likely that the filter aligns with your expectations of its behavior.
Ergebnisse
When engaging in conversations with generative AI, users are redirected to a new topic when filtered subjects or sentiments are detected.