"Cannot reference variable" error when publishing a Copilot Studio survey agent

This article provides a solution to an issue that occurs when you try to publish a Microsoft Copilot Studio survey agent. The publishing fails with an error that points to the Conversation Start topic.

Symptoms

As an administrator, when you try to publish a Copilot Studio survey agent, the following error appears:

Cannot reference variable from component 'msdyn_dataverse_mcs_survey_connectionreference'

Cause

This issue is caused by an incorrectly configured connection reference.

Resolution

To resolve this error, follow these steps to manually re-create the step where the error occurred:

1. Remove the erroneous step, and then re-create it using the Perform an unbound action in selected environment connector.

   

2. Add the following details:

   • Environment: (Current)
   • Action Name: msdyn_SaveMicrosoftCopilotStudioSurveyResponse
   • InputParams: JsonPayload

   

3. Save and publish the survey agent.

Related information

Configure feedback surveys using Copilot Studio (preview)