Creating a recommendation

Access the recommendations section

Navigate to the recommendations area to view and manage your strategies.

1. Log in to your AB Tasty dashboard

2. Click Recommendations in the left sidebar navigation

3. View your existing recommendations in the main table

The recommendations table shows all your active and inactive recommendation strategies. If your account has an analytics integration, you can see performance metrics including user rate, site revenue generation, and revenue per impression.

Create a new recommendation

Start building your recommendation by opening the recommendation builder.

1. Click CREATE RECOMMENDATION in the top right corner

2. The recommendation builder opens as a new page

The recommendation builder provides a drag-and-drop interface with ranking blocks and custom rules on the left and configuration options on the right.

Name your recommendation strategy

Give your recommendation strategy a descriptive name for easy identification.

1. Click Name your recommendation strategy at the top of the builder

2. Enter a clear, descriptive name for your recommendation strategy

3. The name should indicate the recommendation type and target use case

(Optional): Describe your recommendation strategy

1. Click arrow down icon at the right corner

2. Click No Description under the name of the recommendation strategy

3. Enter a description of your recommendation strategy

4. Click outside the editing area to add description

Configure the sorting algorithm

Select and configure how products will be sorted in your recommendations.

1. From the RANKING BLOCKS section on the left, drag Items sorted by ... to the main configuration area

2. In the sorting configuration:

   • Select the property to sort by (e.g., "revenues_last_30_days")

   • Choose sorting order: Descending or Ascending

3. Set the Number of items to display (default is 12)

4. Click Add minimum if you want to set a minimum number of items to display

The sorted items ranking block ranks products based on the selected property, ensuring the most relevant items appear first.

Add custom rules

Enhance your recommendation strategies with additional logic using the custom rules section.

1. From the CUSTOM RULES section, you can add:

   • Filter: Exclude specific products or categories

   • Sort: Additional sorting rules

   • Limit: Cap the number of results

   • Minimum: Set minimum thresholds

   • Condition (if): Conditional filtering

   • Exclude: Remove specific items

   • Shuffle: Randomize product order

   • Pins: Pin specific products to positions

2. Drag any custom rule to the "Drag and drop a custom rule" area

3. Configure the custom rule parameters as needed

Set up follow-up ranking block

Add secondary recommendation logic using the "FOLLOWED BY" section.

1. Drag another ranking block from the RANKING BLOCKS list to the "Drag and drop an ranking block" area in the "FOLLOWED BY" section

2. This creates a fallback or complementary recommendation strategy

3. Add custom rules to the follow-up ranking block if needed

Preview and test your recommendation strategy

Review your recommendation configuration before saving.

1. Click PREVIEW to see how your recommendations will appear

2. Review the generated product recommendations in the preview

3. Test different scenarios if your recommendation uses dynamic parameters

To see API call structure including CURL and Python examples :

1. Click CODE SNIPPET

Deploy a recommendation

How to deploy a strategy | AB Tasty Documentationdocs.abtasty.com