Flow Listener
Introduction
Listeners are often used to populate variables with a certain value if a specific TLML Syntax is met in the user input; the value can be stored in the variable and used in the logic of the dialogue and it allows to provide a conversational AI application with memory and context.
Below please see how to add, edit and delete a Flow Listener.
Add Flow Listener
To add a Flow listener in Teneo Studio Desktop, simply follow the below steps:
- Click the Flow tab in the top of the Flow window to go to the backstage of the Flow
- Select Listeners
- Click Add in the top right corner
- Give the listener a name
- Write the TLML Syntax which should be matched
- Specify what the Execution Script (Groovy) should do
- Select if the sentence should be tested from Last to first (default) or First to last
- Check Limit unused words to and select the number if the number of unused words during the matching process should be limited
- Stop after allows to select between First match, Current sentence tested and All sentences
- Click OK when finished
- Remember to Save the Flow to preserve the changes.
To add a Flow listener in Teneo Studio Web, simply follow the below steps:
- In the Flow editor, click the Listener button available in the upper, left side corner of the Flow window
- Click the Plus icon to add a listener
- Give the listener a name in the first text box
- Now write the TLML Syntax needed for If Input Matches
- Then Execute should be filled out with the Groovy code to execute
- Click Confirm to close the listener editor
- Remember to Save the Flow to preserve the changes.