AI Models
This page shows all AI models available from the Smart Agents backend.
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AI ModelObject:Page 72778338 "SA Model Tiers QUA"—Page.72778338.SAModelTiers.al
This page shows all AI models available from the Smart Agents backend. The list is a local cache that an administrator refreshes on demand. Use it to see which models are active, their credit cost multipliers, and the underlying deployment details.
In plain terms
An AI model (or LLM) is the "brain" an agent thinks with — it reads the user's message and writes the reply. Smart Agents doesn't run these models inside Business Central; it calls the QUALIA backend, which hosts several of them. You never pick a raw model — you pick a model tier, a named quality/cost level such as Fast, Smart, Expert, or Premium.
The tiers are simply quality/cost levels: a higher tier reasons better on hard tasks but burns more credits per message, while a lower one is cheaper and faster for routine work. The Credit Multiplier column tells you exactly how much each tier costs relative to the baseline.
This page is read-only — it's a cached mirror of what the backend offers, like a currency-exchange-rate list you refresh rather than edit. You assign these tiers to agents on the Agent Card, and set a tenant-wide default in Setup.
How to choose a tier: start agents on Smart (mid-range). Move up only if the agent makes reasoning mistakes on real tasks; move down to Fast for simple lookups where you want to save credits.
How to open it
- Tell Me (Alt+Q) → search "AI Models".
- From Smart Agent Setup → action View AI Models (visible in non-production environments).
Fields
The list has no separate groups. All columns appear in the main repeater.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tier Key | Text | The backend key for this AI model. |
| Display Name | Text | The display name returned by the backend for this AI model. |
| Description | Text | The backend description for this AI model. |
| Model Family | Text | The model family configured for this AI model. |
| Model Deployment Name | Text | The deployment name configured for this AI model. |
| Credit Multiplier | Decimal | The credit multiplier applied by the backend for this AI model. |
| Is Active | Boolean | Specifies whether this AI model is currently active in the backend. |
| Sort Order | Integer | The backend sort order for this AI model. |
| Last Synced At | DateTime | When this cached list was last refreshed from the backend. |
Actions
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Update | Fetch all available AI models from the backend and refresh this list. |
| Update Raw Models | Fetch AI models including raw Azure deployments from the backend and refresh this list. |
Related pages
Notes
- The list is read-only. You cannot add, edit, or delete rows manually — all data comes from the backend.
- The Tier Key values (such as Fast, Smart, Expert, Premium) are the same keys you select when setting the Default AI Model and Planning Model in Smart Agent Setup.
- If the list is empty and you have the required permissions, it refreshes automatically when the page opens.
- The Update Raw Models action includes underlying Azure deployment entries in addition to the named tiers. This is useful for diagnosing which deployments back each model tier.
- Only users with write access to the AI Model table can use the Update and Update Raw Models actions. Read-only users see the last cached result populated by an administrator.