Choosing recommender use cases

Each domain has different use cases. When you create a recommender you create it for a specific use case, and each use case has different requirements for getting recommendations.

VIDEO_ON_DEMAND use cases

The following sections list the requirements and Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for each VIDEO_ON_DEMAND use case.

Note

If you use the CreateRecommender API, provide the ARN listed here for the recipe ARN.

Topics

• Most popular
• Because you watched X
• More like X
• Top picks for you

Most popular

Get recommendations for streaming content that is trending.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-vod-most-popular

• GetRecommendations requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Not used

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset

• Required event types: Watch events.

Because you watched X

Get recommendations for videos that are similar to a video a user watched. With this use case, Amazon Personalize automatically filters videos the user watched based on the userId you specify.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-vod-because-you-watched-x

• GetRecommendations API requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Required

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset

• Required event types: Watch events.

More like X

Get recommendations for videos that are similar to a video that you specify. With this use case, Amazon Personalize automatically filters videos the user watched based on the userId that you specify and Watch events. For better performance, record Click events in addition to the required Watch events

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-vod-more-like-x

• GetRecommendations API requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Required

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset and Items dataset

• Required event types: Watch events.

  Recommended additional event types: Click events.

Top picks for you

Get personalized streaming content recommendations for a user that you specify. With this use case, Amazon Personalize automatically filters videos the user watched based on the userId that you specify and Watch events.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-vod-top-picks

• GetRecommendations requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Not used

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset and Items dataset

• Required event types: Watch events.

  Recommended additional event types: Click events.

ECOMMERCE use cases

The following sections list the requirements and Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for each ECOMMERCE use case.

Note

If you use the CreateRecommender API, provide the ARN listed here for the recipe ARN.

Topics

• Most viewed
• Best sellers
• Frequently bought together
• Customers who viewed X also viewed
• Recommended for you

Most viewed

Get recommendations for popular items based on how many times your customers viewed an item.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-ecomm-popular-items-by-views

• GetRecommendations requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Not used

  inputList: NA

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset

• Required event types: View events.

Best sellers

Get recommendations for popular items based on how many times your customers purchased an item.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-ecomm-popular-items-by-purchases

• GetRecommendations requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Not used

  inputList: NA

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset

• Required event types: Purchase events.

Frequently bought together

Get recommendations for items that customers frequently buy together based on an item that you specify.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-ecomm-frequently-bought-together

• GetRecommendations requirements:

  userId: Not used

  itemId: Required

  inputList: NA

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset

• Required event types: Purchase events.

Customers who viewed X also viewed

Get recommendations for items that customers also viewed based on an item that you specify. With this use case, Amazon Personalize automatically filters items the user purchased based on the userId that you specify and Purchase events.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-ecomm-customers-who-viewed-x-also-viewed

• GetRecommendations requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Required

  inputList: NA

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset

• Required event types: View events.

  Recommended additional event types: Purchase events.

Recommended for you

Get personalized recommendations for items based on a user that you specify. With this use case, Amazon Personalize automatically filters items the user purchased based on the userId that you specify and Purchase events. For better performance, include Purchase events along with the required View events.

• Recipe ARN: arn:aws:personalize:::recipe/aws-ecomm-recommended-for-you

• GetRecommendations requirements:

  userId: Required

  itemId: Not used

  inputList: NA

• Required datasets: Interactions dataset

• Required event types: View events.

  Recommended additional event types: Purchase events.