18.16 Release Notes (5/3/18 Release)
Dashboard
Features/Updates
Recommend
Recommendation Restrictions by Ratings & Reviews
Summary: Added the ability in merchandising rules (both Do Not Recommend and Only Recommend rules) to restrict products by rating & review.
Find
Add region filter to Search Boosting Rules
Summary: A user is now able to select the region(s) that a rule should be applied in (including "all regions" as an option). The option only shows for sites that have regions set up.
Link: https://portal.richrelevance.com/rrportal/boosting.jsp#/search
Find Boosting & Linking & Search Terms - search box functionality
Summary: Users can now use the search box to find rules across pagination instead of just on the page itself
Discover/Find
Issue: Recommend blacklisted attributes do not make it to the Find index.
Fix: Ignore Recommend blacklist for attributes when creating the Find index.
Science
Features/Updates
Replenishment In Purchased Products (and in Category) Strategies
Summary: New replenishment strategies using category and previously purchased products as filters. ReplenishmentInPurchasedProducts strategy will recommend only products that the visitor has purchased before (rather than products related to the ones the visitor had purchased before). ReplenishmentInCategoryAndPurchasedProducts startegy will do the same as the first but inside a certain category.