Training

When your agent is trained, Conversational Agents (Dialogflow CX) uses your training data to build machine learning models specifically for your agent. Each flow of your agent has its own model. This training data primarily consists of intents, intent training phrases, and entities referenced in a flow; which are effectively used as machine learning data labels. However, agent models are built using parameter prompt responses, state handlers, agent settings, and many other pieces of data associated with your agent.

Whenever you change your agent, you should ensure that the agent is trained before attempting to use it. Depending on your agent settings, training may occur automatically or manually.

When training is initiated by the console, the task indicator provides status for the tasks.

Draft flow automatic training

ML settings lets you select either a Standard NLUor Advanced NLUNLU type. A setting to enable or disable automatic training is available.

If you have disabled automatic training, you must execute manual training after you have completed updates.

Draft flow manual training

To manually train a flow from the console, click the Train NLUbutton in the ML settings .

To manually train a flow with the API, call the train method for the Flow type. Go to the Flow API reference

Flow version automatic training

Whenever a new flow version is created, the new flow version is automatically trained.

To create a new flow version from the console, click the Createbutton on the Version panel .

To create a new flow version with the API, call the create method for the Version type. Go to the Version API reference