Use application context with Copilot

Copilot in finance and operations apps lets you create contextual AI experiences that are embedded in the flow of the business process of an application. It's important that the Copilot sidecar chat understands the context that the user is working in.

Default contextual variables

Some variables are available by default as base components of the Copilot in Finance and Operation chatbot. The global variables are automatically set for the user's Copilot session. Therefore, the values are available when plugins are created and extended in Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Navigation context

The navigation context provides the list of finance and operations navigation menu items that are available to the user in their current client session. The available menu items depend on the user's permissions. The record set is limited to the first 500 records.

Variable name: Global.PA_Copilot_ServerForm_NavigationContext
Type: Table

Properties

Name	Type	Description
DisplayName	String	The display name of the application menu item.
MenuItem	String	The name of the application menu item. This property can be used for actions such as navigation in the application.

Sample payload

[
  {
    "DisplayName": "All purchase orders",
    "MenuItem": "PurchTableListPage"
  },
  {
    "DisplayName": "All tax fiscal documents",
    "MenuItem": "TaxFiscalDocument_BR"
  },
  {
    "DisplayName": "All vendors",
    "MenuItem": "VendTableListPage"
  },
  {
    "DisplayName": "Allocation journals",
    "MenuItem": "LedgerJournalTable_Allocation"
  },
  {
    "DisplayName": "Approval journal history and matching details",
    "MenuItem": "PurchPostingHistoryInvoiceApproval"
  }
]

Page context

The page context is the page that's open for the user in the current session, including record information for the record that's currently shown on the page.

Variable name: Global.PA_Copilot_ServerForm_PageContext
Type: Record

Properties

Name	Type	Description
caption	String	The page caption of the current page.
metadataName	String	The metadata name of the page.
rootTableName	String	The name of the root table of the page.
rootTableRecId	Integer	The table record ID of the root table for the record that's currently shown on the page.
titleField1Name	String	The name of the first title field at the top of the page.
titleField1Value	String	The value of the first title field at the top of the page, populated with the value for the record that's currently shown on the page.
titleField2Name	String	The name of the second title field at the top of the page.
titleField2Value	String	The value of the second title field at the top of the page, populated with the value for the record that's currently shown on the page.

Sample payload

{
  "caption":"Vendors",
  "metadataName":"VendTable",
  "rootTableName":"DirPartyTable",
  "rootTableRecId":22565449580,
  "titleField1Name":"PartyNumber",
  "titleField1Value":"1001",
  "titleField2Name":"Name",
  "titleField2Value":"Acme Office Supplies"
}

User context

The user context provides contextual information about the user.

Variable name: Global.PA_Copilot_ServerForm_UserContext
Type: Record

Properties

Name	Type	Description
dataAreaId	String	The legal entity that the user is currently signed in to.
userLanguageId	String	The language code selected for the user in User options.

Sample payload

{
  "dataAreaId": "USMF",
  "userLanguageId": "en-us"
}