Playground

The Playground is a simulation environment that previews and simulates how recommendation carousels appear for different shoppers, products, and domains.

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Accessing the Playground

1. Open the left navigation menu
2. Click on Recommend
3. Click on the Playground tab

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Simulating Recommendations

Follow these steps to preview how a recommendation strategy renders:

1. Select an Existing Component: Choose the recommendation component to evaluate. Once selected, the system will automatically display the strategy currently assigned to that component.
2. Set the Criteria: Input the following foundational parameters:
   • Product: Select or input the target product that the recommendations will be based on.
   • Subdomain: Select the applicable domain scope.
3. View Recommendations: The UI will dynamically display product recommendations tailored to the chosen component and criteria.

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Previewing Merchandising Rules

Different merchandising rules can be tested directly in the simulation environment to see how they affect the output before going live.

Important Note: These rule changes are only applied to the preview and will not be applied to the actual live component until they are explicitly saved.

There are two ways to preview rules in the Playground:

Method A: Using the Rule Builder

1. Click the ADD RULE button to configure a new merchandising rule. Click "Add rule" to update the preview.
2. It may take up to 30 seconds for the preview to update.
3. Once the preview updates, it shows the new sequence of product recommendations based on the applied rule.

Method B: Visual Pinning (Drag-and-Drop)

1. Click and hold a product tile within the recommendation preview, then drag it to the desired position.
2. This automatically generates a pinning rule for that product location.

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Saving Rule Changes

There are two options to save rules created in the Playground:

• Update the Current Component: Click UPDATE COMPONENT to apply these new merchandising rules to the selected component.
• Create a New Component: Click CREATE NEW COMPONENT to open the Create Component flow with these rules pre-populated.