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Allow sorting and/or filter at /configure/skills/manage

To produce the scenario: I just uploaded a json file and this allowed me to select and import 6 new skills Pain point/Friction in using the interface: Difficult to search and publish - user cannot recall the name of skills they just imported in an...
about 1 year ago in  0 Future consideration

Add "Duplicate(or Clone) Skill Flow" as an option for Skills Builders

Creating a skill flow is still time consuming due to the mapping requirement. It would be very useful to be able to duplicate a flow that can then be edited/altered for a similar work flow. Right now, that flow has to be built "from scratch". This...
10 months ago in  2 Future consideration

Integration of Open API Builder into Watson Orchestrate Skill Catalog

Currently, there are plans to introduce an open API builder in Watson Orchestrate for creating and designing open APIs or skills. In addition to that I propose the integration of the OpenAPI builder into the skill catalog. This addition, alongside...
10 months ago in  1 Future consideration

LDAP Users mapping

Supports authorization using groups or attributes from LDAP directory. E.g., the group or attribute from the LDAP directory is used to grant permissions on the application without requiring additional provisioning per user.
11 months ago in  0 Future consideration

Extend the session timeout so Assistant can usefully support FB Messenger and other asynch channels experience.

When Watson Assistant works with Facebook Messenger the session times out after 60 minutes. 60 mins may be acceptable for a web session which is a synchronous experience . It is far too little time for an asynch messaging channel like FB Messenger...
almost 3 years ago in  5 Future consideration

Approval of Skills before being Published to be used

I can see a requirement of having a QA and Test team "approve" a Skill before it's available to be used. This is to make sure they work as required.
about 1 year ago in  0 Future consideration

Jump to Sub-Action and close current Action / Follow on Actions for End of Conversation

The current End of a Conversation flow is robotic and does not give the end user a satisfactory experience at the end of their journey. The flow needs to be customizable so that it is consistent, and can gather feedback, start another journey, or ...
5 months ago in  2 Future consideration

out of the box skills for Sterling

Our partner was evaluating AI Assistant (Orchestrate) for their internal consumption to automate the enterprise level order management. This usecase is the combination of many activities like extracting the PO details coming from different omni ch...
6 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Only execute permission for Team Skills

Many partners are asking for the feature - certain users should get permission to execute skills only from the team skills. In the current system wxO users with "User" role can add skills from the catalog. The feature that the partners are looking...
10 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Developer Portal or Interface

\Please add a developer portal or Developer interface in WatsonX Orchstrate so the developers can have access to the core API's and should be able to modify API settings according to their needs. Developer should be able to create and test "Custom...
about 1 year ago in  0 Future consideration