FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot

Use the FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot to streamline your workflow and deepen your understanding of FactoryTalk Design Studio.
FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot is your generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) assistant, designed to streamline your workflow and deepen your understanding of FactoryTalk Design Studio.
IMPORTANT:
Your conversations with FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot are not visible to any other members of your organization, and they are not used to train Azure OpenAI or Rockwell Automation AI models.
Open FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot Copilot icon from the right-side bar.
Use the FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot to:
  • Query the help content, release notes, and error code documentation to answer questions about product features, how to complete tasks, and how to troubleshoot errors and warnings. Here are some prompting examples that you can use:
    TIP: Use the keywords in bold to obtain more precise and consistent results.
    FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot prompts
    Query
    Ask
    Understand what
    FactoryTalk Design Studio
     Copilot can do.
    What can you do?
    Learn about the newest features.
    What new features are available?
    Learn how to use a new feature.
    How do I
    allocate
     code?
    Resolve an error.
    How do I resolve
    error code
     [error-code]?
    Get a simple explanation for a feature.
    Explain
    FactoryTalk Design Studio
     to a junior engineer.
    Get a short explanation of a feature.
    Explain
    FactoryTalk Design Studio
     in 20 words or less.
    Request more information about the previous responses.
    Can you
    explain
     that in more detail?
  • Use powerful project search capabilities and code generation tools to develop project insights and generate PLC code more efficiently. This feature is exclusive to Core entitlement users, and it must be enabled. To enable
    Project Access
    , see Enable FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot - Project Access. Here are some prompting examples for building faster:
    IMPORTANT: Send the /Update command after manually updating the project to assure that the FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot has an updated representation of the project. Skipping the /Update step may yield inaccurate or failed project-related requests.
    Search capabilities and code generation tools
    Query
    Ask
    Request an overview of your project.
    Summarize
     my project.
    Understand an Add-On Instruction (AOI).
    Explain
     the [AOI-name]
    AOI
    .
    Find all references to an object in your project.
    Where am I using the [AOI-name]
    AOI
    .
    Create an AOI definition.
    Create
     an
    AOI
     named [AOI-name] that [function].
    Create an instance of
    FactoryTalk Smart Object
     definition.
    Create
     a new
    instance
     of the [smart-object-definition-name]
    smart object
     named [smart-object-name].
    Create a nested standalone
    FactoryTalk Smart Object
    .
    Create
     a
    standalone
    smart object
    under
     [parent-name] named [smart-object-name].
    Create a program.
    Create
     a
    program
     named [program-name]
    under
     [smart-object-name].
    Create a routine.
    Create
     a
    routine
     named [routine-name]
    under
     [smart-object-name].[program-name] that [function].
    Continue modifying the routine generated in the previous response.
    Update
     the code to [function].
    Update all tag names used in a routine.
    Change
     the tag names in [smart-object-name].[program-name].[routine-name] to have a [prefix] prefix.
    Allocate a program to a controller.
    Allocate
     [smart-object-name].[program-name] to the [controller-name]
    controller
    .
    Schedule a program to a task.
    Schedule
     [smart-object-name].[program-name] to the default
    task
    .
    Undo an action.
    Undo
     that last change.
    TIP: Try giving FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot a series of commands at once.
  • Use the shortcut Control-Enter in the chat panel and inline chat to add a new line to a prompt.
  • Use these locations to prompt FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot to create structured text routines by using the proper name, location, and specific structured text, ST, and STX type:
    • Standalone FactoryTalk Smart Object program
    • Nested standalone FactoryTalk Smart Object program
    • Override program
    • FactoryTalk Smart Object definition program
    • Nested FactoryTalk Smart Object program in a FactoryTalk Smart Object definition
    • Add-On Instruction
    • Controller program.
  • Submit feedback on FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot responses. Use
    Send Feedback
     Send feedback at the top right of the response to like or dislike a response and optionally provides details.
  • Clear the chat history. To clear chat history, select
    Clear Chat History
     on the top right of FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot, or select
    Clear Question and Response
     at the top of each response pairing. The chat history is also cleared when you close the project. For Core entitlement users, FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot retains chat history between project sessions.
FactoryTalk Design StudioCopilot has conversational context to offer the best response when you ask a question. For Basic entitlements, it uses the 5 most recent prompts and their responses in the chat. For Core entitlement, it uses the 10 most recent prompts and their responses in the chat.
IMPORTANT:
FactoryTalk Design StudioCopilot may display inaccurate information. Please refer to the FactoryTalk Design Studio Online help to verify its responses.
Find information about FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot prompts for:
Chat history retention
FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot retains chat history as follows:
  • For users with Core entitlement, FactoryTalk Design Studio retains chat panel history when you close a project or browser.
  • Chat history is not retained for FactoryTalk Design Studio Free entitlement.
  • You can clear chat prompt-response pairs and entire chat session history.
TIP:
In any single chat, FactoryTalk Design Studio uses only the last 5 prompts and their responses for Basic entitlements and 10 prompts and their responses for Core entitlements as context for the FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot.
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