Configures dynamic metadata that can be linked to a
ServingConfig and affect
search or recommendation results at serving time.
This message has oneof_ fields (mutually exclusive fields).
For each oneof, at most one member field can be set at the same time.
Setting any member of the oneof automatically clears all other
members.
google.cloud.retail_v2beta.types.SearchRequest.FacetSpec
A facet specification to perform faceted search.
Note that this field is deprecated and will throw
NOT_IMPLEMENTED if used for creating a control.
This field is a member of oneof_ control.
rule
google.cloud.retail_v2beta.types.Rule
A rule control - a condition-action pair.
Enacts a set action when the condition is
triggered. For example: Boost "gShoe" when query
full matches "Running Shoes".
This field is a member of oneof_ control.
name
str
Immutable. Fully qualified name
projects/*/locations/global/catalogs/*/controls/*
display_name
str
Required. The human readable control display name. Used in
Retail UI.
This field must be a UTF-8 encoded string with a length
limit of 128 characters. Otherwise, an INVALID_ARGUMENT
error is thrown.
associated_serving_config_ids
MutableSequence[str]
Output only. List of [serving
config][google.cloud.retail.v2beta.ServingConfig] ids that
are associated with this control in the same
Catalog.
Note the association is managed via the
ServingConfig,
this is an output only denormalized view.
solution_types
MutableSequence[google.cloud.retail_v2beta.types.SolutionType]
Required. Immutable. The solution types that the control is
used for. Currently we support setting only one type of
solution at creation time.
Only SOLUTION_TYPE_SEARCH value is supported at the
moment. If no solution type is provided at creation time,
will default to
SOLUTION_TYPE_SEARCH.
search_solution_use_case
MutableSequence[google.cloud.retail_v2beta.types.SearchSolutionUseCase]
Specifies the use case for the control. Affects what
condition fields can be set. Only settable by search
controls. Will default to
SEARCH_SOLUTION_USE_CASE_SEARCH
if not specified. Currently only allow one
search_solution_use_case per control.
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