Activity Variable in Copilot Studio provides context about current conversation and interaction. Activity variable offer details about type of activity and message content.
Activity variable can be accessed in multiple ways. One of the method to access activity variable is shown below (by using message node)
Activity.Type >> message, event or invoke
Activity.From.Name >> name of user sending the message
Activity.Value >> additional data associated with activity
Activity.Attachments
outputs Table and it contains the file attachments provided by user
Activity.Channel
Outputs choice value and it contains channel ID of current conversation
Activity.ChannelData
outputs an object containing channel specific content
Activity.Name
provides name of the event
Activity.Text
provides most recent message text sent by user
Activity.Type
provides type of activity
Activity.Recipient.Id
provides incoming activity’s type property
Activity.Recipient.Name
provides display name for agent within the channel
Sample example based on Copilot Studio Test Agent response is shown below
The below output is displayed for an agent deployed in Microsoft 365 Copilot
The below output is displayed for an agent deployed in Microsoft Teams channel
System.Activity.Attachments outputs JSON content containing attached file
It outputs important information for file in tabular format namely Name, Value, Content Type and actual File Content
- Table
- Name
- Value
- Content Type
- E.g. image/png
- Content
- Actual File content
