View a product dataset

Sitecore Discover uses data feeds and machine learning to maintain a variety of datasets about your product catalog as a whole and about each individual product. At the catalog level, these datasets include information such as top products by views, revenue, or orders. At the product level, they contain information such as similar products, products that are often purchased after the current one is viewed (view-buy), products that are often viewed in the same session (co-viewed), and so on.

These datasets can be useful for deciding what rules you want to implement for recommendation widgets. Using datasets, you can see which products show up for different rules, which can help you get a feel for what visitors see when viewing your site.

View a dataset for an entire catalog

To view a dataset for your entire catalog using the CEC:

  1. In the CEC, on the menu bar, click Catalog, then click Products.

  2. On the Datasets tab, in the first drop-down menu, click Top Products or RFK Top Products. Then, in the second drop-down menu, click By Views, By Revenue, or By Orders.

    Tip

    Top Products shows the highest-performing products regardless of whether their views, revenue, or orders are assisted by Discover recommendation widgets. RFK Top Products shows the highest-performing products as assisted by Discover recommendation widgets.

  3. Optionally, to view more information about a single product from the dataset, click the product in the list.

View a dataset for a single product

To view a dataset for a single product using the CEC:

  1. In the CEC, on the menu bar, click Catalog, then click Products.

  2. On the Product Browser tab, search for the product you want to view the dataset for.

  3. Click the product to view details about it.

  4. On the Datasets tab, in the drop-down menu, select the type of dataset you want to view. You can choose from the following options:

    • Co-Viewed Products (within session) - products that people view in the same shopping session as the selected product.

    • Co-Bought Products - products that people buy within thirty days of buying the selected product.

    • Co-Bought Products (within session) - products that people buy in the same shopping session as the selected product.

    • Co-A2C Products - products that people add to their cart within thirty days of adding the selected product to their cart.

    • Co-A2C Products (within session) - products that people add to their cart in the same shopping session as the selected product.

    • View-Buy Products - products that people buy in the same shopping session as they view the selected product.

    • Similar Products (default) - products that are similar to the selected product. This is calculated using product data and is restricted to products with the same breadcrumb.

    • Similar Products (LSI) - products that are similar to the selected product as calculated using latent semantic indexing (LSI). The results are not restricted to products with the same breadcrumb.

    • Breadcrumb Similar Items (BSI) - products that are textually similar to the selected product as determined by breadcrumbs.

  5. Optionally, to view more information about a single product from the dataset, click View Product on the product card.

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