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# View Conversation Messages

### To View or Add Conversation Messages <a href="#pdf-page-iyfi5acxi9q50yv2dfmn-to-view-or-add-conversation-messages" id="pdf-page-iyfi5acxi9q50yv2dfmn-to-view-or-add-conversation-messages"></a>

1. Choose **Settings > AiseraGPT**, and then choose your bot from the virtual assistants shown on the page.
2. Click **View App Conversation Messages**<br>

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/uxD71q6IvLZLhKj7vKlR" alt="" width="410"><figcaption><p>View Default Conversation Messages</p></figcaption></figure></div>
3. You now see the default conversation messages that your bot can use. If you’d like to use your own conversational phrases, choose the **Import** drop-down option from the **Actions** button, in the upper-right corner.<br>

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### To Import Conversation Messages

The **Import** command will allow you to choose a file in JSON format to import. Select the **Paper Clip** icon  to browse for the file you want to upload.

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/0epop0sPogQmyOlGq3u6" alt="" width="563"><figcaption><p>Imported Conversation Messages</p></figcaption></figure></div>

### To Export Conversation Messages

If you’d like to export the conversation messages, choose the Export drop-down option from the **Actions** button in the upper-right corner. Select the checkboxes next to the phrases that you want to export, before you click the **OK** button.

<figure><img src="/files/eqVWntEkV5POpFnauc0r" alt=""><figcaption><p>Choose Messages to Export</p></figcaption></figure>

### To Edit Conversation Messages

To edit a conversation message click the **Pencil** icon on the right side of the entry to open the **Edit Conversation** modal.

<figure><img src="/files/whUyYANuDcet2hS0zpYG" alt=""><figcaption><p>Choose Conversation Message to Edit</p></figcaption></figure>

You will see a dialog box that allows you to modify the message.

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### Initial Conversation Messages

The **View Conversation Messages** link on your application/bot **Details** page will take you to the **Conversation Messages** page.

#### To set initial messages:

1. Type **`init`** into the **Search** field at the top of the page.

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2. Review the list of **initial messages** and choose (or edit and then choose) the message that you want bot users to see on their first interaction with your application/bot. If you choose more than one initial message, the messages will alternate when new users interact with the bot.
3. Choose (or edit and then choose) an **initial recommendation** message for the bot users (optional).

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/mgHwng1UnRaW84f72WT7" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

4. Type **`toxic`** into the Search field at the top of the page.
5. Select (or edit and then select) the message that you want to appear if a user types an inappropriate message into your application/bot.

### **Enhanced Small Talk and Toxicity Option**

Choose the **Handle Small Talk and Toxicity** option when you’re creating an **Aisera 2.0 Application/Bot** to override the previous settings with the updated Small Talk and Toxicity option.

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This updated option incorporates the context of the conversation as well as the different search features available for each bot.<br>