Previewing recommendations
You can check the preview of the recommendation campaign in two cases:
- If you want to see the set of items recommended when there is a specific item or items in the shopping cart.
- If you want to see the set of items recommended for a selected customer.
The context of the preview depends on the recommendation type selected in the campaign. Below, you can find a table that shows which context is used in the preview of each type of a recommendation campaign.
Recommendation type | Item context | Customer context |
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Similar items | |
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Cross-sell | |
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Cart recommendations | |
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Last seen | |
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Top items | |
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Personalized | |
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Visual similarity | |
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Previewing recommendations (item context)
This preview of recommendations is based on simulating the presence of an item in the cart.
- Go to Campaigns > Recommendations v2.
- From the list of recommendation campaigns, click the recommendation campaign of which you want to preview. Result: You are redirected to the recommendation campaign details.
- Select the Preview tab.
Note: For the Top items, the preview of the items is shown immediately after selecting the tab.
- In the Add items section, enter the name of the product.
Result: An item is added to the cart. In the Recommended items section, you can see the items recommended based on the item selected in the cart. - You can add more items.
Previewing recommendation (customer context)
This preview of recommendations is based on the profile of a selected customer.
- Go to Campaigns > Recommendations v2.
- From the list of recommendation campaigns, click the recommendation campaign of which you want to preview. Result: You are redirected to the recommendation campaign details.
- Select the Preview tab.
- In the Choose customer section, enter the identifier of a customer (it can be name, surname and email address).
Result: In the Recommended items section, you can see the items recommended displayed in the recommendation frame for the selected customer. - You can add more items.