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Store top-N similar items with ranks, BM25 scores, embedding scores, RRF scores, reason snippets, timestamps, and index versions. The dashboard should read accepted retrieval evidence, not calculate similarity live.
Similarity search feels like a small dashboard feature until every drawer opening runs vector search, BM25, reranking, snippet selection, and a fresh explanation. That makes the UI slow, expensive, and hard to audit.
The practical pattern is to materialize retrieval outputs during the refresh batch. The dashboard reads a small table of accepted top-N similar items, shows freshness through created_at and index_version, and lets people inspect evidence without changing the evidence.
A dashboard request can filter, sort, and display materialized retrieval outputs. It should not build candidates, merge rankings, call an LLM, or rewrite snippets while someone is using the view.
Start with one table that answers a narrow question: for this item and this accepted index version, which similar items should the dashboard show first?
This shape works in DuckDB, SQLite with adjusted types, Parquet, or JSON. Add dimensions later only when a real dashboard screen needs them.
create table similar_item_top_n (
item_id text not null,
similar_item_id text not null,
rank integer not null,
bm25_score double,
embedding_score double,
rrf_score double not null,
reason_snippet text not null,
created_at timestamp not null,
index_version text not null,
primary key (item_id, index_version, rank)
);The pipeline turns broad workplace artifacts into stable retrieval rows. Each step leaves an inspectable output so failures can be fixed without asking the UI to improvise.
Take a dated snapshot of the public-source or synthetic workplace records before retrieval starts so ranks and snippets stay reproducible.
Snapshot manifest with source ids, row counts, hashes, source timestamps, and accepted privacy boundaries.
Run BM25 and embeddings in the batch pipeline over normalized chunks instead of asking the dashboard to create candidates on demand.
Candidate tables with item_id, similar_item_id, raw scores, method names, and candidate ranks.
Use reciprocal rank fusion to combine lexical and semantic signals, then dedupe repeated chunks before selecting top-N similar items.
One merged ranking per item_id with rank, bm25_score, embedding_score, and rrf_score.
Select a short reason_snippet that explains the match without exposing private workplace detail or forcing an LLM call in the UI.
Display-safe snippets, citation pointers, and optional LLM labeling queue tasks for human review.
Store item_id, similar_item_id, rank, scores, reason_snippet, created_at, and index_version in DuckDB, SQLite, Parquet, or JSON.
A bounded similar_item_top_n table the dashboard can read directly.
Keep provisional retrieval runs out of presentation mode until freshness, row counts, snippets, and index_version are checked.
A promoted index_version plus rejected-output logs for troubleshooting.
Write down what each screen can read. This keeps new dashboard requests from quietly moving retrieval computation back into the live path.
Read top-N rows for one item_id and one accepted index_version, ordered by rank.
Do not run live vector search, BM25 search, RRF merging, or snippet generation when the drawer opens.
Join the accepted similar_item_top_n rows to reviewed labels and decision-log summaries.
Do not rebuild evidence just because a reviewer changes a filter or opens the second page of results.
Read reason_snippet values and cited similar_item_id records for already selected follow-up gaps.
Do not ask an LLM to rediscover similar examples while people are discussing next actions.
Compare row counts, score distributions, created_at, and index_version across recent materialized runs.
Do not silently mix rows from different index versions to make the dashboard look fuller.
Materialized retrieval is only useful when the saved rows are complete, bounded, explainable, and attached to a known index version.
The dashboard can render stable evidence, show freshness, and explain where each match came from.
Rows appear without snippets, timestamps, or reproducible index metadata.
Bounded outputs keep normal office laptops from loading every candidate match into a browser session.
The UI queries unbounded candidate tables or pages through thousands of live matches.
People can inspect whether lexical, semantic, or fused ranking created the comparison.
The dashboard shows a match but cannot explain which retrieval signal supported it.
Presentation mode stays stable during stakeholder reviews, manager updates, and decision-log work.
Opening a page changes ranks, snippets, or counts because a new retrieval run leaked in.
AI-written reasons remain useful evidence only after public-source or synthetic snippets are checked.
Unreviewed generated explanations appear as if they are accepted operating facts.
Use this before adding similar-item evidence to an AI workplace dashboard, meeting follow-through view, or personal leverage dashboard.
Materialized retrieval outputs let the dashboard answer a similar-item request with one bounded read over similar_item_top_n.
BM25, embeddings, and RRF run in the refresh batch, not in the dashboard request path.
Every top-N row stores item_id, similar_item_id, rank, bm25_score, embedding_score, rrf_score, reason_snippet, created_at, and index_version.
Reason snippets are short, display-safe, and traceable to public-source or synthetic examples.
DuckDB or SQLite can serve the accepted output table on a normal office laptop.
Index versions are visible enough that stale or mixed retrieval outputs cannot pass as current evidence.
Pair materialized retrieval outputs with hot marts and local performance limits so the dashboard can run on normal office laptops.
They are saved retrieval results that the dashboard can read directly: top-N similar items, scores, snippets, timestamps, and index versions produced by a refresh batch.
Start with item_id, similar_item_id, rank, bm25_score, embedding_score, rrf_score, reason_snippet, created_at, and index_version.
Keeping the scores together makes the comparison explainable. A reviewer can see whether a match came from lexical overlap, semantic similarity, or the fused ranking.
No. Similarity belongs in the batch pipeline. The dashboard should read a bounded, accepted output table and show freshness when a retrieval version is stale.
Store the retrieval result once, version it, review it, and let the dashboard read it quickly. That is the difference between a useful evidence view and a hidden recomputation engine.
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