LUIS and QnA Maker deprecated/retired, replaced by CLU and Custom QA

[d-kleine]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
As of 1st April, you cannot create new LUIS services anymore, it has been replaced by Conversational Language Understanding (CLU), see https://www.luis.ai/

Also QnA Maker is deprecated and has been replaced by Custom Question Answering, see https://www.qnamaker.ai/

Therefore, the Python code samples provided here don't work anymore.

Describe the solution you'd like
We need updated Python code samples reflecting the transition from LUIS to CLU and from QnA Maker to Custom QA. This includes any necessary changes to the import statements, class instantiation, and method calls to ensure compatibility with the new services.

Describe alternatives you've considered
One alternative is to manually modify the existing code samples to align with the changes in services. However, this approach is time-consuming and error-prone, especially for developers unfamiliar with the intricacies of the transition. Therefore, having officially updated Python code samples provided by Azure would greatly expedite the process for developers migrating to CLU and Custom QA.

[github-actions]

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @bingisbestest @nerajput1607.

[swathipil]

Hi @d-kleine - Thanks for opening an issue! We'll take a look asap!

[kristapratico]

@d-kleine thanks for your issue. We're currently working on cleaning up deprecated libraries and documentation so that it's more clear which client libraries to use. Our libraries that target LUIS and QnAMaker will soon be deprecated:

LUIS: azure-cognitiveservices-language-luis
QnAMaker: azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-qnamaker

The libraries you should use for CLU and QA include the following:

CLU: azure-ai-language-conversations
QA: azure-ai-language-questionanswering

Therefore, the Python code samples provided here don't work anymore.

For CLU, there is a sample that shows how to use the old LUIS service (sample_analyze_orchestration_app_luis_response.py) and we will remove it. The other samples should work with the current CLU service. Is there something you found that didn't work?

[github-actions]

Hi @d-kleine. Thank you for opening this issue and giving us the opportunity to assist. To help our team better understand your issue and the details of your scenario please provide a response to the question asked above or the information requested above. This will help us more accurately address your issue.

[d-kleine]

Thanks! I was just asking to update these Azure SDK for Python samples to be working with CLU and Custom QA, along with an updated documentation and code comments.

• CLU: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/cognitivelanguage/azure-ai-language-conversations/samples/sample_analyze_orchestration_app_luis_response.py
• Custom QA: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/cognitivelanguage/azure-ai-language-conversations/samples/sample_analyze_orchestration_app_qna_response.py

I haven't tested it yet because the Python samples looked deprecated. I wanted to try to set up an QA Bot with Azure Bot with Python (as there are no Python samples in the BotBuilder Samples provided for that).