Importing and Exporting Bot Ontology

You can build a Knowledge Graph in a CSV or JSON file and upload it to a bot. Similarly, you can export the existing Knowledge Graph to CSV or JSON. Exporting a Knowledge Graph helps you edit it in a spreadsheet or import it to another Bot.

There is a platform restriction of a maximum of 50k FAQs spread across a maximum of 20k nodes. Import of files exceeding these numbers is rejected.

Importing Knowledge Graph

1. On the left pane, click Bot Tasks > Knowledge Graph.
2. You can find the Import option on the respective Knowledge Graph.
   
3. Click Import.
4. On the Import dialog box, do one of the following:
   • If you are creating the Knowledge Graph from scratch, click Proceed.
     (or)
   • If you have an existing Knowledge Graph, make sure to take a backup of the same to a CSV or JSON file, and then Proceed.
     Note: Importing a Knowledge Graph does not update it but replaces the entire existing Knowledge Graph.
5. Drag and drop the file in the Import window or click Browse to locate the file.
6. Click Next to begin the import.
7. After the import is complete, the success message appears in a dialog box. Click Done.
8. The hierarchy is displayed in the Knowledge Graph and you can edit and train the same.

Exporting Knowledge Graph

To export a Knowledge Graph, follow the below steps:

1. On the left pane, click Bot Tasks > Knowledge Graph.
2. You can find the Export option on the respective Knowledge Graph.
   
3. Based on the preferred format: click Export JSON or Export CSV.
4. The Knowledge Graph file is downloaded to your machine.

Creating a Knowledge Graph

Instead of creating the Knowledge Graph from the platform UI, you can work in your preferred editor like Spreadsheet or as a JSON file. The platform gives you the option to create a Knowledge Graph in a spreadsheet or JSON and use the same to import it into the bot.

To import, follow the below steps:

1. Download sample CSV or a JSON file. You can download these sample files from a blank Knowledge Graph too.
2. Edit the file by adding rows corresponding to the questions, responses, synonyms, etc.
3. Import the file to your bot.

From a CSV File

You can create the Knowledge Graph using a sample spreadsheet that you can download from the bot. If you anticipate frequent changes to the Knowledge Graph, we recommend you to create it in a spreadsheet as it is easier to perform bulk updates compared to the application UI.

Follow the instructions below to build your Knowledge Graph in a spreadsheet.

Download the Sample CSV file

1. On the left pane, click Bot Tasks > Knowledge Graph.
2. You can find the Import option on the respective Knowledge Graph.
3. You are prompted to back up the Knowledge Graph before proceeding. Choose the CSV or JSON format for the backup.
4. After backup, click Proceed.
5. On the corresponding dialog box, click Sample CSV. The CSV file is downloaded to your local computer.
   

Build the Knowledge Graph in a CSV (post v7.3)

The format for the CSV file is modified in v7.3 of the bots platform to cater for details regarding alternate answers, extended responses, and advanced responses. See below for the older format.  You are strongly recommended to use the new format since the older format will be deprecated in the upcoming releases.

• The following types of entries are supported:
  • Faq – The leaf level nodes with questions and answers.
  • Node – For node/tags, traits, preconditions, and output context.
  • Synonyms
  • KG Params
  • Traits
• Each of the above categories needs to be preceded by the appropriate header.
• The header helps identify the new vs old versions of the JSON file by the platform.

The following is the detailed information for each section and the content expected for each.

FAQ

This contains the actual questions and answers along with the alternate questions, answers, and extended answers.

Following are the column-wise details that can be given:

• Faq – Mandatory entry in the header, must be left blank in the following rows.
• Que ID – The question ID generated by the platform for each question.
• Path – To which the FAQ belongs
  • Mandatory node names must be prefixed with ** and organizer nodes with !!
• Primary Question – The actual question user might ask: When left blank, the entry in the Answer column is considered as the alternative answer to the previous primary question.
• Alternate Question – Optional: Alternate question to the primary question if there are multiple alternate questions, they must be given in multiple rows.
• Tags – For each question or alternate question.
• Answer – Answer to the question serves as an alternate answer when the primary question field is left blank. Answer format can be:
  • Plain text
  • Script with SYS_SCRIPT prefix i.e. SYS_SCRIPT <answer in javascript format>
  • Channel-specific formatted response when prefixed with SYS_CHANNEL_<channel-name>, the answer can be simple or in script format:
    • SYS_CHANNEL_<channel-name> SYS_TEXT <answer>
    • SYS_CHANNEL_<channel-name> SYS_SCRIPT <answer in javascript format>
  • Trigger a dialog then prefix with SYS_INTENT i.e. SYS_INTENT <dialog ref id>
• Extended Answer-1: Optional to be used in case the response is lengthy.
• Extended Answer-2: Optional to be used in case the response is lengthy.

Nodes

This section includes settings for both nodes and tags.

• Node – Mandatory entry in the header must be blank in the following rows.
• Que ID – Mandatory when specifying settings for tags, leave blank for nodes.
• Nodepath – Path for reaching the node/tag.
• Tag – Mandatory for tag settings, leave blank for node.
• Precondition – For qualifying this node/tag.
• outputcontext – Context to be populated by this node/tag.
• Traits – for this node/tag.

Synonyms

Use this section to enter the synonyms as key-value pairs.

• Synonyms – Mandatory entry in the header, must be blank in the following rows.
• Phrase – for which the synonym needs to be entered.
• Synonyms – Comma-separated values.

Use of bot synonyms in KG term identification can be enabled using the following:

• confidenceConfigs – Mandatory entry in the header, must be blank in the following rows.
• parameter – useBotSynonyms in this case
• value – true or false

KG Params

• KG Params – mandatory entry in the header, must be blank in the following rows.
• lang – Bot language code. For example, en for English.
• stopwords – Comma-separated values.

Traits

Trait related information can be specified as follows:

• Traits – Mandatory entry in the header, must be blank in the following rows.
• lang – Bot language code. For example, en for English.
• GroupName – Trait group name.
• matchStrategy – Pattern or probability (for ML-based).
• scoreThreshold – Threshold value (between 0 and 1) when the matchStrategy above is set to ML-based.
• TraitName – The name of the trait.
• Training data – Utterances for the trait.

From a JSON file

Kore.ai allows you to create the Knowledge Graph in JSON and upload it. You can download a sample JSON from the bot to understand its structure.

Follow the instructions below to build your Knowledge Graph using JSON:

Downloading the JSON sample

1. On the left pane, click Bot Tasks > Knowledge Graph.
2. You can find the Import option on the respective Knowledge Graph.
3. You are prompted to back up the Knowledge Graph before proceeding. Choose the CSV or JSON format for the backup.
4. After backup, click Proceed.
5. On the corresponding dialog box, click Sample JSON. The JSON file is downloaded to your local computer.
   

JSON Reference

Building the Knowledge Graph in a CSV (before v7.3)

NOTE: This format will be deprecated in upcoming releases.

Open the downloaded Sample CSV file.

The details that you need to enter in each row of the CSV file differ based on the type of information. For example, the details you need to enter for an FAQ (Question, Answer, Nodes, Alternate Questions) differ from the details you need to enter for Synonyms (Term, Synonyms).

The bot interprets the data present in each row of the CSV file, depending on the information type specified in Column # 1 of the row. Below are the valid entries for Column#1 of the CSV file, which represent the different information types:

• faq: Represents a primary or alternate question in the Knowlege Graph.
• unmappedpath: Represents nodes with no questions associated with them.
• synonyms: Represents global synonyms for terms.
• classes: Represents the trait names and their associated utterances.

The following sections provide the remaining details that you must fill in for each information type:

FAQ

Primary Question

Note: Enter the names of all the parent nodes in separate columns until you reach the First-level node in the path.

Alternate Questions

Terms/Tags

• Mandatory tags and terms can be prefixed with **
• Organizer tags and terms can be prefixed with !!

Unmappedpath

Unmappedpath refers to nodes for which no question is added.

Global Synonyms

Path Synonyms

Traits