The AI Builder is a new capability within the Power Platform<\/a> that allows any user (with low-code or no-code<\/a>) to optimize business processes through the power of AI. This article will provide you with a high-level overview of AI, detail the key functionalities of the Microsoft AI Builder<\/a> and outline example use cases for business applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n Microsoft created models for various business applications in AI Builder. Below are a few ways you can use the power of this technology in your business. With Microsoft constantly adding new solutions to the tool, driving productivity and efficiency will seem like magic.<\/p>\n For examples of the business scenarios that Microsoft supports through their AI Builder Model Types, check out this chart<\/a> on Microsoft\u2019s website. It shows how you can use AI models for activities like form processing or key phase extraction.<\/strong><\/p>\n AI Builder is the perfect tool for those painful, manual jobs we wish we had a quicker way to complete \u2013 but aren\u2019t exactly candidates for a complex solution. When we think of these common problems, it feels like someone should have figured out a better way, and now they have!<\/p>\n Here are a few example scenarios of what business problems AI Builder can help solve.<\/p>\n Now that we\u2019ve covered basic functionality, let\u2019s look at a more in-depth use case.<\/p>\n ABC Retail sells clothes online using an e-commerce site and social media. They find managing information coming in from several channels to be difficult. The table below breaks down their specific pain points and AI Builder solutions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The above examples show you how you can get creative with AI Builder, sometimes by coupling several of the models for a tailored solution specific to your needs.<\/p>\n We thought you would never ask. Here are some of our favorites!<\/p>\n The form processing model type currently has several prebuilt models using text recognition with Azure’s Form Recognizer that can change the game for your business. Here are a few you can use right away:<\/p>\n Microsoft pre-trained these models to identify key fields within these documents. For example, in the case of an invoice, the invoice model extracts the invoice id, due date and invoice amount.<\/p>\n For more complex scenarios, you can build a custom model using the form processing model type, which supports extracting and analyzing key fields and data from PDF, JPG and PNG files, as well as the ability to extract both printed and handwritten text.<\/p>\n Lucky for you, this is exactly why Microsoft created AI Builder. The tool could not make it simpler to jump in and immediately start using AI in your apps and workflows. But before we provide a breakdown of the tool, let\u2019s understand how artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) works.<\/p>\n As humans, we use our brains to learn by establishing and recognizing patterns based on experience. Similarly, AI accomplishes this through completing iterative processing and training based on models to complete tasks such as automation, making predictions and problem-solving. The benefit of AI is that it can run through processes at an extremely fast rate and learn patterns very quickly.<\/strong> The process of learning from these patterns is known as \u201ctraining.\u201d During this training cycle, the neural network or brain of our AI machine goes through several iterations of the task at hand \u2013 to arrive to the correct answers it breaks down the request and evaluates itself at each decision point to determine how accurate its conclusion is.<\/p>\n There are several fields within the AI world that contribute to AI Builder\u2019s technology, such as machine learning, cognitive computing, natural language processing and computer vision. AI Builder leverages all these capabilities using Microsoft’s Azure AI services as the foundation in their pre-built AI models such as receipt processing, business card reader or text translation. It also provides you with the ability to customize your own models.<\/p>\n Access the AI Builder from either Power Apps<\/a> or Power Automate<\/a> and follow these steps:<\/p>\n An AI model is simply a machine learning<\/a> algorithm or program that has been trained on a specific data set to recognize patterns and make decisions. Above, we shared a few of the pre-built models you can start using right away.<\/p>\n Based on the selected AI model, the in-app wizard will guide you throughout the setup process and share what data it will need to get started.<\/p>\n This is a snippet of the setup process for the Form Processing model of the AI Builder within PowerApps.<\/p>\n After you set up your model, upload training data and indicate the information you want to analyze \u2013 such as which text to extract from a document in the scenario of form processing \u2013 you\u2019re ready to go!<\/p>\n Once training is complete, the tool allows you to perform a quick test before publishing your model, which is then ready to use in apps and automated workflows.<\/p>\n You can use your AI model in apps or flows, such as to generate insights and create new tables or capture the information in pre-existing tables that you can review in dashboards or feed into downstream processes. The possibilities are endless!<\/p>\n The example below shows an action in a flow that uses a form processing AI model to extract data from email attachments.<\/p>\nAI Builder seems great, but how can it help my business?<\/h2>\n
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E-Commerce Business Case \u2013 ABC Retail<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWhat are some of the prebuilt models I should know about?<\/h2>\n
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I don\u2019t even understand how AI works. How could I use AI Builder?<\/h2>\n
Now that we know how AI works let us share how easy it is to get started with AI Builder.<\/h3>\n
1. Select the AI model type that fits your needs.<\/h4>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n3. Train your AI model.<\/h4>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n4. Create solutions across the Power Platform with your new AI Model.<\/h4>\n
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