Thanks for confirming this Pat. On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:09 PM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> wrote:
> Blacklisting items in the query happens at query time, events sent to the > EventServer will take effect only after the next training time. So item > blacklists seems to be the right approach for your issue. > > > On Jul 26, 2017, at 11:52 PM, Mattz <eatingka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, I think that's what I will do. Thanks for the help! > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Vaghawan Ojha <vaghawan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Yes Mattz, that's why I pointed that, it's more easy and effective I >> think. You could just save the blocked items somewhere that may be even in >> your relational database in which your original application resides, and >> update them accordingly, and using them while querying. Or else you can >> save them in eventserver as a user properties and retrive them while >> querying. Both way it should be of help. >> >> Thanks >> Vaghawan >> >> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Mattz <eatingka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Vaghawan. I think using the "blacklistItems" might be better for >>> my use case rather than passing in the "block" events. I didn't think of >>> this. >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Vaghawan Ojha <vaghawan...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> So you're not sending the blocklisted items in query like this right? >>>> >>>> "blacklistItems": ["itemId1", "itemId2", ...] >>>> >>>> So, you have those blocked events, then you must be able to update them >>>> accordingly just the way you set them as blocked. Or else I'm still not >>>> clear (I'm sorry in that case). >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Vaghawan >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Mattz <eatingka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is how I am using now. I send a blocked event if a user blocks an >>>>> item. So, when recommending items for the user, this item does not show >>>>> up. >>>>> I am using the "universal recommender" template. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Vaghawan Ojha <vaghawan...@gmail.com >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Oh Yes Mattz, I seems to have misunderstood your situation. I thought >>>>>> that you were having that blocked prop as a properties or something. My >>>>>> thought must have been totally wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not clear if you're sending the blocked items in query or >>>>>> something else? Also which template you have been using? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Mattz <eatingka...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Vaghawan. "$set" and "$unset" are used to set/unset item >>>>>>> properties right? Since these are not like the other events, these items >>>>>>> would still be returned unless I manually find all the things blocked >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> filter from list to get my result set. But, if I send "blocked" as a >>>>>>> regular event, PIO automatically filters out items that were blocked by >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> user. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Vaghawan Ojha < >>>>>>> vaghawan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Mattz, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You could just use $set, $unset to achieve this. When user wish to >>>>>>>> unblock the item, just send in another request in the event server to >>>>>>>> update the event. This would solve your problem from as much as I know >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> using pio eventserver. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> you could find the examples here. https://predictionio.inc >>>>>>>> ubator.apache.org/datacollection/eventmodel/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>> Vaghawan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Mattz <eatingka...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have a use case where I am sending a "blocked" event for a user >>>>>>>>> for a particular item. When this happens, PIO eliminates this item >>>>>>>>> from the >>>>>>>>> result set. But, the user can choose to "unblock" this item at a later >>>>>>>>> time. I am wondering how to handle this. Should I somehow delete the >>>>>>>>> event >>>>>>>>> from the even server? If yes, how? Is there any other way to solve >>>>>>>>> this? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > >
