Business Central, Copilot and the new PromptDialog

Dynamics 365 Business Central

The article discusses the new page type "PromptDialog" introduced by Microsoft in Dynamics 365 Business Central, allowing for easy creation of dialog pages for interaction with Copilot.
PromptDialog is currently only available in insider builds of Business Central and can be created in VS Code with the PageType set to "PromptDialog".
The PromptDialog page can have a Prompt area for user input and a Content area for AI responses, with options for systemactions like Generate, OK, Cancel, and Regenerate.
Integration with Azure Open AI is required for the PromptDialog to function, with predefined Codeunits handling the interaction and parameters like model type, maximum tokens, and temperature.
End users can interact with the PromptDialog in Business Central Client to predict outcomes like payment dates for sales invoices, with options to choose entries and generate AI responses.
AI capabilities can be disabled or enabled by registering each Copilot in the "Copilot & AI capabilities" page within Business Central.
The article notes occasional errors with the API when creating the feature, with the source code available on the github repository provided.

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