How do I structure a recombee catalog with multiple item types?











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we are just getting started with recombee and are loading in our catalog.  We have different classes of items, like books, videos and games.  Should we be creating a separate catalog for each or one catalog with all the items and a type field to indicate the type of item?  We will want to provide recommendations both within a type (e.g. recommended books) as well as across types (e.g. recommended books, videos and games).
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    we are just getting started with recombee and are loading in our catalog.  We have different classes of items, like books, videos and games.  Should we be creating a separate catalog for each or one catalog with all the items and a type field to indicate the type of item?  We will want to provide recommendations both within a type (e.g. recommended books) as well as across types (e.g. recommended books, videos and games).
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      we are just getting started with recombee and are loading in our catalog.  We have different classes of items, like books, videos and games.  Should we be creating a separate catalog for each or one catalog with all the items and a type field to indicate the type of item?  We will want to provide recommendations both within a type (e.g. recommended books) as well as across types (e.g. recommended books, videos and games).
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      we are just getting started with recombee and are loading in our catalog.  We have different classes of items, like books, videos and games.  Should we be creating a separate catalog for each or one catalog with all the items and a type field to indicate the type of item?  We will want to provide recommendations both within a type (e.g. recommended books) as well as across types (e.g. recommended books, videos and games).
      Thanks!  I couldn’t quite find the answer from the documentation.







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          Since you want to recommend also across types, all the items should be in one Recombee database.



          You should add a string item property called type and set it for each item (to book/video/game ...).



          Then you can filter upon the property using ReQL by setting filter parameter of a recommendation request. For example with filter: 'type' == "book", only books will be returned as recommended items.



          If you don't set the filter, you will get recommended items of any type.






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            Since you want to recommend also across types, all the items should be in one Recombee database.



            You should add a string item property called type and set it for each item (to book/video/game ...).



            Then you can filter upon the property using ReQL by setting filter parameter of a recommendation request. For example with filter: 'type' == "book", only books will be returned as recommended items.



            If you don't set the filter, you will get recommended items of any type.






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              Since you want to recommend also across types, all the items should be in one Recombee database.



              You should add a string item property called type and set it for each item (to book/video/game ...).



              Then you can filter upon the property using ReQL by setting filter parameter of a recommendation request. For example with filter: 'type' == "book", only books will be returned as recommended items.



              If you don't set the filter, you will get recommended items of any type.






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                Since you want to recommend also across types, all the items should be in one Recombee database.



                You should add a string item property called type and set it for each item (to book/video/game ...).



                Then you can filter upon the property using ReQL by setting filter parameter of a recommendation request. For example with filter: 'type' == "book", only books will be returned as recommended items.



                If you don't set the filter, you will get recommended items of any type.






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                Since you want to recommend also across types, all the items should be in one Recombee database.



                You should add a string item property called type and set it for each item (to book/video/game ...).



                Then you can filter upon the property using ReQL by setting filter parameter of a recommendation request. For example with filter: 'type' == "book", only books will be returned as recommended items.



                If you don't set the filter, you will get recommended items of any type.







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