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Preview with sort effect annotations

When you preview a sort order, the preview panel annotates each product with the sorting rules that affected its position. These annotations make it easy to understand why products appear where they do and to fine-tune your configuration. Each product can display:
  • Promoted / Demoted badges — color-coded indicators showing which priority rules matched the product and whether they pushed it up (green) or down (red).
  • Soft Boost badges — blue indicators showing which soft boost expressions matched, along with the computed boost value.
  • User Affinity badges — indicators showing when a product was lifted by a User Affinity expression because it matched the previewed shopper’s learned tastes, along with the computed lift.
  • Metric values — the actual numeric value used for sorting when a metric or numeric attribute is part of the sort order. Hover to see the metric name.
Each badge includes the position number of the rule in your sort order (e.g., “Promoted by #1”), so you can trace every effect back to its source expression. Products that don’t match a given rule won’t show a badge for it. For step-by-step instructions, see Preview a sort order.

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Preview as a shopper

When a sort order includes a User Affinity expression, results depend on the individual shopper viewing the collection. To preview this without waiting for live traffic, use the Preview profile shopper picker. Select or build a profile by simulating a shopper’s cart and purchase products. The preview then shows:
  • The collection reordered as that shopper would see it, with affinity matches lifted into place.
  • A plain-language summary of the shopper’s inferred preferences, so you can confirm the affinities make sense before publishing.
Switch between profiles to compare how the same collection looks for different kinds of shoppers, and verify your Affinity Weights and boost settings produce the experience you intend.

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