Geolocation utility

Use the Geolocation utility to gather map coordinates from a user, to personalize topics to a user’s location, provide data for navigation or on-site tasks, and other services.

Geolocation utility properties

Specify the flow action properties for the node that you want to create.

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Property

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Description

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Node name

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Name of the Geolocation node.

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Input mapping

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Permission prompt

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String for the custom prompt requesting geolocation from a user.

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Output mapping

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Latitude

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User’s latitude returned after the Permission prompt. Note: All Output Mappings are customizable. Select Enable to activate each one, and input a custom variable name to store the value under if desired.

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Longitude

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User’s longitude returned after the Permission prompt.

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Error message

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Message returned if the geolocation attempt encounters an error.

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Error type

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Type of error returned based on the error message.

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Status

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Status of the geolocation data.

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Advanced

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Hide this node

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Conditionally show this node if

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No-code condition statement or low-code script that specifies a condition for presenting this node in the conversation. The condition must evaluate to true.

</td></tr></tbody> </table>## Example Geolocation utility

[Omitted image “flow-designer-geolocation-properties.png”] Alt text: Geolocation utility properties.

Parent Topic:Assistant Designer utilities