Playground Introduction

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The playground is where the magic happens. Select your recommender logic, apply filters, test and create your API.
The 'Playground' is where the magic happens. It is the area where you can create and test your recommenders, see the output and generate the API. 
Selecting your Recommender
Start by navigating to the 'Playground' and then select your recommender logic from the drop down. Logics you can select include:
Also viewed items
Frequently bought together
Recently added to cart items
Recently purchased
Recently viewed
Recommended for you
Similar items
Top in category
Top purchased items
Recommender logic dropdown
More information about each recommender and how to setup is available by clicking on the recommender in the list above. 
Navigating around the Playground
Once you have selected the recommended you want to use, you will see a number of settings that you can adjust to configure your recommender. The settings are unique to each recommender.
Category
Where you are able to insert a category, simply type in the category you wish to use in the recommender e.g. 'Dresses'. 
Days Span
You can select the day span for the  recommender. This controls the number of days that the recommender looks back at to produce the recommender. For example, if you wish to show the most viewed products in the last 24 hours, you would slide the day span slider to 1 day. 
Select Attributes
This allows you to select the fields you require in the API taken from the product feed. Upon clicking on 'Select Attributes' a popup will appear containing all of the product fields from your product feeds plus  any additional computed fields you have added to your product catalogue. Standard attributes to include are:
product title
product image
product link
price
sale price
stock level / availability
category
gender
item id
Notice that you can 'Select All' - this adds all fields to the API call.
You should select the fields you need to build out your live image or recommendation on site. 
Example of 'Select Attributes' pop up
Attributes selected will appear like this:
Attributes selected from the product feed
You can also apply filters to the products. For more information about filtering, click here. 
Running your Recommender
You can now click on the green play button and run your recommender. You will see 10 products appear in Graph View - these are the top 10 products that meet your criteria. 
Playground Graph View 
You can also see the products in Grid View:
Playground Grid View
And you  can view the API call (note that you can also see the number of views  each product has had in the set timeframe):
JSON View of recommender in Playground
You can view the actual API call by clicking on the 'API call' green button:
API call output
When you are happy with your recommender configuration, click on the 'Create Recommender' green button and work through the steps  to create your recommender. It will now be available in the 'Recommenders' section of the UI.
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Selecting your Recommender
Navigating around the Playground