Catalog Configuration

The Catalog Configuration ensures that product data is structured and optimized for personalization and recommendations.

Perform the following steps to set up the Catalog configuration:

  1. On the Personalization Platform dashboard, go to Search | Browse > Search Configuration.

    The Search Engine Configuration page is displayed.

  2. On the Search Engine Configuration page, click the Catalog tab.

  3. Click + Add Configuration.

  4. Specify the name of the Catalog.

  5. In the Catalog Settings area, set all the attributes to the required value ranges between a minimum value 1 to maximum value 10.

    The following attributes are displayed under Catalog Settings:

    Note: The attributes displayed here are the ones that have been configured as Searchable on the Search Attributes page (applies to both Feed and Streaming clients).

    • Baby Sizes

    • Big Kid Sizes

    • Brand Group

    • Category Name

    • Color

    • Description

    • External Category Id

    • External Product ID

    • Gender

    • Keywords

    • LittleKidSizes

    • Men's Sizes

    • Name

    • Product Brand

    • Style

    • Toddler Sizes

    • Wisdom of crowds - Purchase

    • Wisdom of crowds - View

    • Women's Sizes

  6. In the Personalization Settings area, set all the attributes to the required value ranges between a minimum value 1 to maximum value 10. The lower the value, the lesser the influence; the higher the value, the stronger the influence on recommendations.

    The following attributes are displayed under Personalization Settings. These settings control personalization-based boosting applied during search result ranking, based on a shopper’s past behavior (views and purchases).

    • Brand Purchased: Boosts search results for products from brands the shopper has previously purchased.

    • Brand Viewed: Boosts search results for products from brands the shopper has previously viewed.

    • Category Purchased: Boosts search results for products in categories the shopper has previously purchased from.

    • Category Viewed: Boosts search results for products in categories the shopper has previously viewed.

    • Price Quartile Purchased: Boosts search results for products within the same price quartile as previous purchases.

    • Price Quartile Viewed: Boosts search results for products within the same price quartile as previously viewed items.

    • Product Newness Affinity Purchased: Boosts newer products based on purchase history, increasing preference toward newly launched items.

    • Product Newness Affinity Viewed: Boosts newer products based on view history, increasing preference toward newly launched items.

    • Product Purchased: Boosts search results for products similar to those previously purchased.

    • Product Viewed: Boosts search results for products similar to those recently viewed.

    • Purchase Newness Affinity Threshold: Controls how purchase recency impacts boosting.

    • View Newness Affinity Threshold: Controls how view recency impacts boosting.

    • Personalization Delay: Sets a delay (in seconds) before shopper activity is reflected in boosting.

    • Brand Affinity: Controls how many brands from the shopper’s affinity profile are eligible for boosting in search results. The value entered represents the top N brands returned by the User Profile Service (ranked by affinity strength). Only products from these top N brands can receive boosts from the Brand Purchased and Brand Viewed sliders.

      Note: Use a smaller N (for example, 5–20) to focus boosting on the shopper’s strongest brand preferences; use a larger N to broaden coverage across more brands.

    • Category Affinity: Controls how many categories from the shopper’s affinity profile are eligible for boosting in search results. The value entered represents the top N categories returned by the User Profile Service (ranked by affinity strength). Only products belonging to these top N categories can receive boosts from the Category Purchased and Category Viewed sliders.

      Note: Use a smaller N (for example, 5–30) for tighter category personalization; use a larger N if shoppers typically browse across many categories.

    • Product Affinity: Controls how many individual products from the shopper’s affinity profile are used to influence boosting in search results. The value entered represents the top N products returned by the User Profile Service (ranked by affinity strength). Only these top N products are used as reference items when applying boosts from the Product Purchased and Product Viewed sliders (for example, boosting products similar to the shopper’s most-affinitized products).

      Note: Use a smaller N (for example, 5–50) to focus boosting on the shopper’s strongest product interests. Increase N if you want personalization to consider a wider set of historical product interactions.

  7. Click Save.

    The created configuration is displayed on the Search Engine Configuration page.

    You can perform the following actions to manage the Search Configuration for catalog:

    • Click on the corresponding row to edit the configuration.
    • Click on the corresponding row to delete the configuration.