Use folder to manage dialog

[KayMKM]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When the dialog is too many it is hard to manage them in one level.

Describe the solution you'd like

If support folder in dialog level the structure will be more clear.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

[hibrenda]

Yue is asking if we have similar solution as LU/LG for dialog hierarchy. eg. common folder for dialog used by other dialog.

[xieofxie]

I guess KayMKM needs folder in the navigation column? For example, add a 'new folder' button in the bottom

[zhixzhan]

The latest bot file structure have some changes, integrated with multiple locale support.
#2164. for one dialog, the folder abstract is

    /[dialog]
        [dialog].dialog
        /dialogs/[childs]
        /language-generation
            /[locale]
                 [dialog].[locale].lg
        /language-understanding
            /[locale]
                 [dialog].[locale].lu

you can put "common dialogs" in /dialogs

[hibrenda]

item2 in #2008 as well.

[cwhitten]

please follow #2008 for updates to Design/UX of dialog visualization

[gary-x0pa]

May I know how this issue is solved? How do we put dialogs in folders/nested folders

[zhixzhan]

May I know how this issue is solved? How do we put dialogs in folders/nested folders

Hi @gary-x0pa you can put your folder like this

    /[dialog]
        [dialog].dialog
        /[your-folder]
        /dialogs/[childs]
        /language-generation
            /[locale]
                 [dialog].[locale].lg
        /language-understanding
            /[locale]
                 [dialog].[locale].lu

[gary-x0pa]

@zhixzhan I tried this and the nested dialog folder doesnt show up in the bot composer ui?

[zhixzhan]

@gary-x0pa Yes, our current strategy is exclude customize folder from composer management, if files in composer named path like

        /dialogs/**
        /language-generation/**
        /language-understanding/**

composer will apply some reformat or migration on those files inside.