https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Link-Analysis-Node-in-SAS-E-Miner/m-p/390552#M5912 <P>Using SAS Link analysis (with time_id) component for sequence , I am able to derive the best rules and generate the recommendation based on the path however the limitation I am&nbsp;facing is unable to change the <STRONG>chain length (it is by default 2)</STRONG> and not getting rules like (product1 &amp; product2-&gt;product3) refer attachment.</P><P>&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Rules_LinkAnalysis.jpg" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/14631i048103461535D088/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Rules_LinkAnalysis.jpg" alt="Rules_LinkAnalysis.jpg" /></span></P> Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:31:56 GMT kjsj400 2017-08-24T10:31:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Link-Analysis-Node-in-SAS-E-Miner/m-p/390552#M5912 <P>Using SAS Link analysis (with time_id) component for sequence , I am able to derive the best rules and generate the recommendation based on the path however the limitation I am&nbsp;facing is unable to change the <STRONG>chain length (it is by default 2)</STRONG> and not getting rules like (product1 &amp; product2-&gt;product3) refer attachment.</P><P>&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Rules_LinkAnalysis.jpg" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/14631i048103461535D088/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Rules_LinkAnalysis.jpg" alt="Rules_LinkAnalysis.jpg" /></span></P> Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:31:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Link-Analysis-Node-in-SAS-E-Miner/m-p/390552#M5912 kjsj400 2017-08-24T10:31:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Link-Analysis-Node-in-SAS-E-Miner/m-p/390994#M5922 <P>The recommendation option in the Link Analysis node can only produce one-step recommendations (one item on the left-hand side and one item on the right-hand side). &nbsp;For more extensive rules, you would need to see the Association node but you will need to do some work to identify the best recommendation. &nbsp;The added complexity of having to resolve multiple possible rules limits what you are able to do from a recommendation standpoint since there is no way to incorporate any potential value to each (e.g. observed relative frequency of a rule multiplied by the estimated value of converting on the recommendation). &nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Hope this helps!</P> <P>Doug</P> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 18:44:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Link-Analysis-Node-in-SAS-E-Miner/m-p/390994#M5922 DougWielenga 2017-08-25T18:44:18Z