Thumbnail Card Attachment

An activity that creates a thumbnail card attachment for a bot message in Microsoft Azure Bot Service.


Thumbnail Card Attachment activity

Configure the Thumbnail Card Attachment activity

To configure the Thumbnail Card Attachment activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Examples

Prerequisites

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library open the MS Azure Bot Service tab.

    Open MS Azure Bot Service tab
  3. On the MS Azure Bot Service tab, drag the Thumbnail Card Attachment activity onto your process.

    Drag Thumbnail Card Attachment activity

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Thumbnail Card Attachment activity.

Figure: General Configuration screen

General Configuration screen

Good to Know

  • Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Display Name

Function:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No
Example:
This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:
  • Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Function:
Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Thumbnail Card Attachment Configuration > Basic

Configures the basic information for a thumbnail card.

Figure: Thumbnail Card Attachment Configuration > Basic tab

Thumbnail Card Attachment Configuration Basic tab

Fields

Field NameDefinition

MS Azure Bot Service

Function:
Specifies the access token that connects to your Microsoft Azure Bot Service.
Accepted Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No
Example:

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for Microsoft Azure Bot Service
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to Microsoft Azure Bot Service.
Example:

Service URL

Function:
Specifies the URL for your bot.
Accepted Values:
A valid bot URL.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

Conversation ID

Function:
Specifies the conversation ID for which to send the message.
Accepted Values:
A valid conversation ID.

When you create a conversation in your bot, you get the conversation ID for each conversation.

Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

From ID

Function:
Specifies the ID for your bot.
Accepted Values:
A valid bot ID.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

From Name

Function:
Specifies the name for your bot.
Accepted Values:
A valid bot name.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Recipient ID

Function:
Specifies the user ID of the channel to associate with the action.
Accepted Values:
A valid user ID of the channel.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

Recipient Name

Function:
Specifies the user name to associate with the action..
Accepted Values:
A valid user name.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Message

Function:
Specifies the content of the message.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Thumbnail Card Attachment Configuration > Card Config

Configures the thumbnail card.

Figure: Thumbnail Card Attachment Configuration > Card Config tab

Thumbnail Card Attachment Configuration Card Config tab

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Title

Function:
Specifies the title for your card.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Subtitle

Function:
Specifies the subtitle for your card.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Description

Function:
Specifies an optional text description for the card.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Thumbnail URL

Function:
Specifies the URL of a thumbnail image to use in the card for the message.
Accepted Values:
A URL for an image.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Inline Action Buttons / Map Action Buttons from schema

Function:
Specifies whether to use action buttons on your card with literal values.
Accepted Values:
  • Inline Action Buttons - Lets you specify action buttons on your card with literal (hard coded) values.
  • Map Action Buttons from schema - Lets you specify action buttons on your card with repeating schema elements.
Default Value:
None

Button Text

Function:
Specifies a name for the button.
To Open this Field:
  1. On the Card Config tab, click Inline Action Buttons.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces
Default Value:
None

Action to Perform

Function:
Specifies what the button does.
To Open this Field:
  1. On the Card Config tab, click Inline Action Buttons.
Accepted Values:
  • Open URL - Opens a specified URL in a web browser.
  • Download File - Opens a file at a specified URL.
  • IM Back - Sends specified text to send to the bot.
  • Message Back - Sends a specified message to the bot.
  • Post Back - Sends a specified post to the bot.
  • Show Image - Shows an image from a specified URL.
  • Sign In - Specifies the URL for an OAuth 2.0 sign-in procedure.
  • Play Audio - Plays an audio file from a specified URL.
  • Play Video - Plays a video file from a specified URL.
Default Value:
None

Value

Function:
Specifies the value for your action.
To Open this Field:
  1. On the Card Config tab, click Inline Action Buttons.
Accepted Values:
The value of this field depends on the action type you select in the Action to Perform list.
Default Value:
None
Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

Add Add icon

Function:
Adds a button for action.
To Open this Field:
  1. On the Card Config tab, click Inline Action Buttons.

Select the repeating data node that will contain the Buttons data

Function:
Specifies a repeating schema element that stores the data for your buttons.
To Open this Field:
  1. On the Card Config tab, click Map Action Buttons from schema.
Accepted Values:
A valid repeating schema element.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes