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Copying an action to another assistant

Copying an action to another assistant

You can copy an action from one assistant to another when you want to reuse the action content and configuration in the destination assistant.

When you copy the action to the destination assistant, references to actions, saved responses, and variables in the source assistant are copied.

To copy an action from one assistant to another assistant:

  1. Click the Overflow menu on the action that you want and select Copy to an assistant.

    Copy to an assistant
    Copy to an assistant

  2. Click the drop-down icon to select the destination assistant for the copy.

    Copy to an assistant
    Copy to an assistant

  3. In the Review references page, you review the list of references such as action, variables, and saved responses and their status. See 'Table. Conflict status for references' to understand the outcome of the references per their conflicting or non-conflicting status.

Conflict status for references
Type of references Conflict status Outcome
  • Actions
  • Variables
  • Saved responses
No By default, it saves a new reference to the target assistant.
  • Actions
  • Variables
  • Saved responses
Yes

You can select one of the following options:

  • Overwrite:
    Overwrites the existing action in the destination assistant.
  • Skip:
    Skips copying the action to the destination assistant.

If you want to overwrite all the conflicting items in the destination assistant, click the Overwrite all button. {: tip} If you want to skip copying all the conflicting items to the destination assistant, click the Skip all button.

Copy to an assistant
Copy to an assistant

  1. Click Apply to finish copying the action to the other assistant.