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The Widgets section of Recommendations is where you are able to build and configure the widgets that will appear in the Recommendation zones on your site. In this section you will be able to change the layout, edit styling, select and modify strategies and manipulate which items the engine is recommending.
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Navigating to the Widget Home Page
This page gives you an overview of all the widgets currently set up within the workbench. The widgets are organized by where the Recommendation Zones appear within the site. You can choose from Home Page, Product Page, Shopping Cart Page, Landing Page(s), and Other. Once the widget is fully configured, the corresponding div will still need to be placed on the appropriate pages on the front-end, but the administration tool allows you to easily keep track of and organize these widgets based on where they will appear.
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2) Select "Recommendations" from Left Navigation and choose "Widgets" from the list of subcategories.
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Adding/Editing a Widget
You will need to click the + sign next to the page to view all available widgets on that page.
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2) To add a new widget, click "Add new."
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Adding a New Recommendation Widget
1) Create a name for the Widget. This is the name that will display within the Hawk Search Hawksearch Workbench.
2) Add a Title for the widget. This is the Title that will appear above the widget on site end.
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8) Use the Comments section to make notes about the widget for internal reference.
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Widget Layout
Make a selection from the existing layouts from the drop down menu. These layouts can be created and edited in the Layout section of the Recommendation feature in the workbench or by toggling to the "Layouts" tab at the top of the screen.
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Editing the Layout of a Widget
1) Specify the "Number of Items" you wish to return in the Recommendation widget.
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5) Preview will allow you to view what the widget will look like based on the current configuration without saving.
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Edit Carousel Features
1) The "Is Carousel" feature allows the user to scroll through products with in the widget beyond the initial products that fit within the size of the zone. Turning Carousel on will allow you to make further customizations to the display.
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11) Clicking the "Preview" button allows you to visually preview what the layout of your widget will look like without having to save changes.
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Recommendation Strategies/Models
1) Enabling "Strategy Automate Ordering" will display products pulled from the most popular strategies (over the last 30 days) first within the recommendation zone.
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3) To edit a Strategy, click on the "Pencil" icon. To copy a Strategy, click on the "DocumentCopy" icon. To delete a Strategy, click on the "Trash Can" icon. To change the order of strategies, click on the "Double Arrow" icon and drag the strategy to its desired position on the list.
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7) To add a new Strategy, click the orange "Add" button.
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Adding a Strategy
When you choose to add a new strategy, you will be prompted to make a selection from 13 different strategies that will define which items will be displayed within the widget. For more information about strategies, refer to Recommendation Strategies Overview. Once you select a strategy, you will be directed to the "General" tab within the configuration.
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Also Added to Cart Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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4) To go back to strategies click "Back." To add changes click "Done." To cancel changes click "Cancel."
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Also Bought Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last Added to Cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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4) To go back to Strategies, click "Back. To add changes, click "Done." To cancel changes, click "Cancel."
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Also Viewed Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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4) To go back to Strategies click "Back." To add changes, click "Done." To cancel changes, click "Cancel."
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Best Sellers Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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6) To go back to Strategies, click "Back." To add changes, click "Done." To cancel changes, click "Cancel."
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Featured Items Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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6) To go back to Strategies, click "Back". To add changes, click "Done". To cancel changes, click "Cancel".
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Hot Now! Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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7) To go back to Strategies, click "Back". To add changes, click "Done". To cancel changes, click "Cancel".
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More Like This Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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5) To go back to Strategies, click "Back". To add changes, click "Done". To cancel changes, click "Cancel".
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Most Popular Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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6) To go back to Strategies, click "Back." To add changes, click "Done." To cancel changes, click "Cancel."
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Personalized Configuration
1) The only choice available for this Strategy in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on is "Page context." This strategy will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page.
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4) To go back to Strategies, click "Back". To add changes, click "Done". To cancel changes, click "Cancel".
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Recently Search Configuration
1) The only choice available for this strategy in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on is "Page context." This strategy will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page.
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6) To go back to Strategies, click "Back". To add changes, click "Done". To cancel changes, click "Cancel".
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Recently Viewed
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last Added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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4) To go back to Strategies, click "Back." To add changes, click "Done." To cancel changes, click "Cancel."
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Trending Items Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Page context" will return items based on the product ID currently showing on the page. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last Added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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6.) To go back to Strategies, click "Back". To add changes, click "Done." To cancel changes, click "Cancel".
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View Then Bought Configuration
1) Make a choice from in the "View Context" drop down that tells the engine where to get the product information you would like to recommend based on. "Last Viewed" populates the widget with products that match the most recent product page that was viewed. "Last Added to cart" will select products based on the last item that was added to cart. "Last purchased" returns product that will match the last item that was actually purchased.
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4) To go back to Strategies, click "Back". To add changes, click "Done". To cancel changes, click "Cancel".
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Filtering Recommendations and Defining Default Values
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1) The engine is able to match the value in "HawkSearchHawksearch.Context object" set via JavaScript
2) The value doesn't exist in "HawkSearchHawksearch.Context object," but the unique ID of the item is provided. The engine searches for this items in the index, finds the corresponding field value that it is looking for and uses the query responses to return products to populate the strategy. NOTE that because of this, if the Field in question is not stored in the index, the engine will not be able to return products.
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4) If previous value is empty, the engine will look to the value specified in the corresponding field configuration. To learn more see Fields.
1) To assign a default value for a field within a strategy click on the "Default" tab of the strategy in questions.
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4) To return to the Widget click "Done"
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Defining a Trigger
1) To navigate to the Trigger page, use the trigger tab at the top of the strategy pop-out window.
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4) To save changes, click "Done." To exit the window without saving, click "Cancel."
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Previewing Strategies
This section within the strategy configuration pop-out window allows you to preview the items that will be recommended using the current strategy. These recommendations are based on your useaction on the URL provided in the window.
1) The Final Recommendation radio button will display products taking both the custom filters and the inherent logic of the strategy. Using the Filter radio button will return any items that match the filter.
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4) The preview will only show the top 30 items returned. In the case there are more than 30, the text will indicate how many items match the given parameters.
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Saving Changes
Once you have completed all changes click the "save" button. Remember that the widget will not be rendered on site end until the corresponding div is placed onto the page.
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