Creating propensity predictions

Propensity predictions let you evaluate how likely customers are to buy products with specific features, such as brand, category, color, and much more.

Prerequisites

Configure a prediction

Select the model type

  1. Go to Image presents the Prediction icon > New prediction.
  2. On the pop-up select one of the following options:
    • Use predefined prediction - This option allows you to use the ready-made prediction scenarios and adjust its settings to your preferences in a user-friendly, step-by-step configuration form by following hints shown on the interface. The following business objectives and variants are covered:
      Business objective Variant
      Reduce churn - Find customers who are likely to leave;
      - Find customers who are likely to unsubscribe
      Identify new potential customers Find best matching customers for an annual/seasonal campaign
      Predict buying behavior - Find customers who will buy a specific item, brand, or category;
      - Find customers who will buy any item
      Predict lifetime value Find customers who are likely to generate the most value
      Note: As a result of performing the steps in the Use predefined prediction form, a set of analyses will be created and available on the list of analyses (such as segmentations, expressions, and so on).
    • Create from scratch - This option allows you to create your own configuration of a propensity prediction to achieve your custom business objective. If you use this option, select Propensity.

Select customers to be analyzed

Select the audience for whom you want to prepare a prediction.

Selecting an audience to be analyzed
Selecting a group of customers
  1. In the Audience section, click Define.
  2. Click Choose segmentation and perform one of the following actions:
    • From the list, select an existing segmentation.
      You can use the search field.
    • To define a new group segmentation, at the bottom of the dropdown list, click the Create new button.
      1. In the Segmentation name field, enter the name of the group of customers and click Next step.
      2. Build the segmentation.
        See this article for instructions.
      3. Click Create segmentation.
  3. Confirm by clicking Apply.

Select items

  1. In the Item feed section, click Define.
  2. Click Choose item feed.
  3. From the list of available catalogs, select the item feed you want to analyze.
    This can be the same catalog as the one you use for recommendations.
    Result: The Items filter sub-section appears.
  4. Click Define item filter.
  5. Define the filters that describe the item or items that you want to calculate the prediction for.
    The filters are created using the same visual builder as recommendations filters, but some operators are not available for Predictions.
    Only attributes selected as filterable when configuring the AI engine are available for use.
    The Item selection view after configuring the filters
    The Item selection view after configuring the filters
  6. Click Apply.

Additional settings

By default, the calculation is performed once and the results are presented on a 5-point scale.

  1. If you want to leave the settings as default, the predictions is ready to calculate. Continue to saving the prediction.
  2. If you want to change the settings, in the Settings section, click Change.
  3. To schedule a recurring calculation:
    1. Select the Set up recurring prediction calculation checkbox.
    2. In the input field, enter the number of days between calculations.
  4. To change the scale from 5-point to 2-point, select the 2-point scale radio button.
  5. Click Apply.

Save the prediction

To save the prediction:

  • as a draft, click Save.
  • and calculate, click Save & Calculate.
    Tip: You can check the logs of the activated prediction. Learn more.

Results

The maximum calculation time is 24 hours.

Understanding propensity prediction results

Attribute name Description
action An event type for the prediction - snr.propensity.score
added by An entity that generated this event. In the case of prediction events, it is always Synerise.
modelId A unique identifier of the prediction
modelName The name of the prediction
score_label Prediction output: two- or five-point scale label. You can select the scale in the settings of the prediction.
score The result of the prediction
percentile Prediction percentile
clientId Customer’s identifier
time Time when a prediction was generated, as a Unix timestamp
configurationVersion Allows to verify whether two consecutive calculations ran with the settings (only for debug)
modelVersion Model version allows to verify whether two consecutive calculations ran on the same model parameters (only for debug)
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