In Sitecore Personalize, what are decision models? and how can I use a decision model?

Question

I know that decisioning is a rule based engine for personalisation, but how can this actually be used in an experiment or experience?

Answer 1

A decision model can be used with any Full Stack Interactive, Full Stack Triggered and Web Experiences/Experiments.

Web Experiences/Experiments

1. In the Build Section add your decision model in the Decisioning Section

2. In your variant open Advanced Edit to edit the HTML, JavaScript and CSS

3. In the API tab, add the data in JSON that you want to use in your Web Experience/Web Experiment. To add data from your decision model into your payload either use:

   • Snippets, for details see: https://doc.sitecore.com/cdp/en/users/sitecore-customer-data-platform/use-freemarker-snippets-in-an-api-response-for-a-web-experiment.html
   • Data Selector, For details see: https://doc.sitecore.com/cdp/en/users/sitecore-customer-data-platform/use-dynamic-decision-model-data-in-the-api-response.html

4. In the JavaScript or HTML tab, use the data you have returned in the API tab in the design of your Web Experience/Experiment. For details see: https://doc.sitecore.com/cdp/en/users/sitecore-customer-data-platform/using-custom-code-in-a-web-experiment-variant.html

Note: When updating the API tab, the output must be valid JSON.

Full Stack Experiences/Experiments

1. In the Build Section add your decision model in the Decisioning Section
2. Open your personalisation variant, add the data in JSON that you want to use in your Web Experience/Web Experiment. To add data from your decision model into your payload either use :
   • Snippets, for details see: https://doc.sitecore.com/cdp/en/users/sitecore-customer-data-platform/use-freemarker-snippets-in-an-api-response-for-an-interactive-experiment.html
   • Data Selector, For details see: https://doc.sitecore.com/cdp/en/users/sitecore-customer-data-platform/use-dynamic-decision-model-data-in-the-api-response-for-an-interactive-experiment-648890.html

Note: When updating the API tab, the output must be valid JSON.