How do I make my Chatbot to ONLY answer from 6pm to 8am - IBM Watson

Question

I've made a chatbot in IBM Watson with the graphic tools (not coding so far), but there's no option to make it have a schedule. Would you guide me using the basic plan?

Answer 1

Create a top node called input and under If assistant recognizes

• Add now().before('18:00:00') and now().after('8:00:00') - Time is in 24 hour format
• Assistant responds --> Text --> We are Open only between 6 PM and 8 AM everyday
• Then assistant should --> Skip user input

Add another node called welcome and under welcome

• Assistant responds --> Text --> Welcome, how can I help?

Check the Expression language documentation to understand more about the use of now()

Once done, click Try it to see the chatbot to respond only between the times mentioned