Modify the Recommended for you widget display

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title: Modify the Recommended for you widget display
description: The Recommended for you widget displays catalog items and knowledge articles, enabling you to view information that is most relevant to you. You can configure the instance options to control the appearance of the widget, such as the title, number of items to display, and what category of items you want to view.
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product: Employee Experience Foundation
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Recommended for you, Setup Employee Center browse experience features, Configuring Employee Center, Employee Center, EmployeeWorks, Employee Service Management]
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# Modify the Recommended for you widget display

The Recommended for you widget displays catalog items and knowledge articles, enabling you to view information that is most relevant to you. You can configure the instance options to control the appearance of the widget, such as the title, number of items to display, and what category of items you want to view.

## Before you begin

Role required: sp\_admin or admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **Employee Center**.

    The Employee Center home page is displayed.

2.  Press and hold the control key, right-click the Recommended for you widget, and then select **Instance Options**.

    \[Omitted image "reco-for-you-inst-opts.png"\] Alt text: Recommended for you widget instance options.

3.  Configure the instance options.

<table id="table_lgk_4yj_crb"><thead><tr><th>

Instance option

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Number of similar users used for prediction

</td><td>

Number of similar users for prediction. For example 25.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Recent activity cut off in days

</td><td>

Recent activity cut off in days. For example 30 days.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Title

</td><td>

Title of the widget.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Limit

</td><td>

Number of items to display in the widget. Default value: 3

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

What category of items you want to view on the widget. The choices are:-   **knowledge**
-   **catalog**
-   **knowledge and catalog**
 Default value: knowledge and catalog

</td></tr><tr><td>

List Type

</td><td>

How you want the items to appear on the widget. The choices are:-   **Card List**
-   **Simple List**
 Default value: simple list

</td></tr><tr><td>

Card Behavior

</td><td>

The way you want the card to appear on the widget. The choices are:-   **single**
-   **wrap**
 Default value: single

</td></tr><tr><td>

Load Configuration

</td><td>

Order in which the page and widgets data loads. Select one of the following options:-   Asynchronous: First the page loads, then the widgets data loads. Users see content appear in the widgets as soon as each individual widget loads.
-   Synchronous: Page and widget data loads at the same time. The page remains blank until all the data loads.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Show empty state

</td><td>

Option to show the widget with empty state message.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>4.  Click **Save**.