Share via

Search public data or use a Bing Custom Search for generative answers nodes

At the topic level, you can search publicly available data by using the Bing search engine APIs within a generative answers node.

Important

Knowledge sources defined in generative answers nodes take priority over knowledge sources at the agent level. Copilot level sources function as a fallback.

When you specify the URL, the generative answers node uses the Bing Search configuration, which is based on Grounding with Bing Search. Bing Search helps you boost your agent by including many sources without configuring each source individually.

The other option is to build a tailored search for specific content using Bing Custom Search. This option is based on Grounding with Bing Custom Search. To use Bing Custom Search as a source, you need a custom search instance connected to the Create generative answers node.

Note

To use Bing Search or Bing Custom Search:

  1. Open the Data source configuration pane from one of two places:

    1. On the Create generative answers node, select Edit under Data sources.

      Screenshot that shows where to select the Properties pane.

    2. Alternatively, in the Create generative answers node select the ..., then select Properties and select Data source.

  2. Select the Class data options.

    Screenshot that shows the options available under Classic data.

  3. Under Search public data, select how you want to search:

    Screenshot showing the Search public data section and Configuration ID boxes highlighted in the generative answers property pane.

    • To use Bing Search, select Search public websites.

    • To use a Bing Custom Search, select Search with Bing Custom Search and enter your Custom Configuration ID in the Configuration ID input box.

    Tip

    To get the Configuration ID:

    1. From the Bing Custom Search web portal, select the search instance you want to use.

    2. Select Production from the top menu, and under the Endpoints section, select the Web API tab.

    3. Copy the Custom Configuration ID.

  4. Save changes to your topic.