Get help building your app from a virtual agent

Get contextual help while building your app using the Power Platform virtual agent. The virtual agent is available to answer questions about common scenarios when you're building an app. The virtual agent helps you by providing access to help content from documentation, the community, and blogs.

You can connect to a virtual agent from the following areas:

When you expand the left navigation menu, the Ask a virtual agent button looks like this:

Ask a virtual agent expanded menu.

When you hide the left navigation menu, the Ask a virtual agent button looks like this:

Ask a virtual agent hidden menu

Access the virtual agent

To access the virtual agent on the Power Apps home page, select Ask a virtual agent.

Access the virtual agent from the Power Apps home page.

From the model-driven app designer, select Ask a virtual agent.

Access the virtual agent from the model-driven app designer.

In Power Apps Studio, select Ask a virtual agent.

Access the virtual agent from Power Apps Studio.

Get help using the virtual agent

  1. From Power Apps, select Ask a virtual agent to open the virtual assistant.

    Open the virtual agent.

  2. Select App creation to get help with Power Apps.

    Select App creation.

    Note

    You can also ask questions about other parts of the Power Platform by selecting a different topic.

  3. Select the area that you need help in or select I need help with something else to ask the bot a question.

    Still need help.

If you still need help, select No when you see Did this solve your problem? The virtual agent will search for answers in the community and blogs to enhance your search.

Restart or close a session

Your conversation with the virtual agent is open until you restart the conversation or until you end the session.

  1. To start a new session, select Restart virtual agent.

  2. To end a session, select Close virtual agent.

    Restart or close the session.