Emulator

Owned by Enterprise IT
Jun 18, 2024
2 min read

You can debug your bot conversation by using the built-in Emulator Window.

To visualize the entire user experience, you should use the Web Channel directly.

Open the Emulator​

  1. Press e anywhere in the application;
  2. Click the Emulator icon in the status bar.

Close the Emulator​

You can close the Emulator by:

  1. pressing ESC on your keyboard;
  2. clicking again on the emulator icon.

Resend the Same Messages​

Pressing ↑ or ↓ on your keyboard in the text input allows you to navigate and re-send previously sent messages quickly.

The last 20 messages sent to this bot are persisted in your browser storage.

Payload Inspector​

The payload inspector lets you see and understand what the bot understood and why it took the decision he chose. Inside the emulator, you will see the metadata about NLU, the conversation State, and the raw responses.


Sessions​

All the messages you send with the Emulator come from the same user from the bot's perspective.

To start a conversation from scratch, you can press the Toggle List View button in the Emulator menu. It generates a new user, so all previously set variables and states are forgotten.