Data Profile for This Category
The data for apparel and home textile research reports comes from three primary sources: industry analysis reports from securities research institutions, public statistics from industry associations, and supply chain survey data from leading brands. There are three standardized update cycles:
- Weekly updates for online terminal sales data
- Monthly updates for raw material (cotton, polyester staple fiber) prices and inventory turnover metrics
- Quarterly updates for revenue share and channel structure of segmented product categories
Documents contain both structured data fields and unstructured analysis content. Structured fields include segmented category revenue, raw material unit price, and inventory days, with corresponding units of 100 million yuan, yuan/ton, and days respectively.
Constraints for Tool Calling and Plugins
The unique characteristics of this data impose specific constraints on tool calling and plugin implementation: Multiple update frequency data sources require plugins to trigger interfaces with matching update timelines on demand. This prevents pulling outdated data or wasting call quotas. The mixed structure of structured fields and unstructured analysis content requires plugins to support two retrieval modes: precise field query and full-text semantic recall. This balances the accuracy of structured data and the completeness of unstructured analysis. Exclusive fields for specific segmented categories, such as yarn count and density for home textile sets and apparel style classification, require clear filtering rules during tool calls. This avoids mixing data from unrelated textile and apparel categories. Cross-platform supply chain data requires dedicated API permission configuration to ensure secure and accurate data calls.
Configuration Settings
| Configuration Item | Recommended Value | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
tool_call_timeout | 600 seconds | Apparel and home textile research reports require integrating data pulling and parsing from multiple sources; 600 seconds covers the normal duration of the full process |
max_tool_results | Top 8 entries | The core dimensions of research reports include three categories: segmented categories, raw materials, and channels. The top 8 entries cover core indicators while avoiding result overload |
plugin_api_timeout | 300 seconds | Third-party supply chain data interfaces may experience fluctuations; 300 seconds accommodates most abnormal delay scenarios |
field_filter_mode | Exact match | Apparel and home textile research reports have overlapping data with other textile categories; exact match filters redundant irrelevant results |
recall_freshness | Last 90 days | Industry trends change rapidly; research reports from the last 90 days cover the latest updates on terminal sales and raw material prices |
The parameter values provided on this page are general recommendations to serve as a starting point for configuration. Actual values are affected by material form, data volume, and business rules. Specific issues require case-by-case analysis, and it is recommended to test on your own samples before finalizing settings.
Three Common Mistakes
- A "workflow validation failed, please check for missing or empty fields, and whether connections are normal" error occurs after calling a tool. For FastGPT 4.8.23, this error commonly appears when the field whitelist for the apparel and home textile research report dedicated database is not filled in the plugin configuration. This prevents the system from recognizing valid query parameters.
- Tool call duration exceeds 10 seconds. This happens when the
tool_call_timeoutparameter is not adjusted. The default timeout value is insufficient to cover the full process of pulling and parsing data from multiple sources. - Tool return results include textile category data unrelated to apparel and home textiles. This occurs when the exact match mode for
field_filter_modeis not enabled, leading the system to incorrectly recall research report content from other segmented categories.
How to Confirm Correct Configuration
- Navigate to the tool configuration page in FastGPT. Check whether the values of
plugin_api_timeoutandtool_call_timeoutmatch the preset configuration. Click the test button to verify connectivity to third-party interfaces. - Submit an apparel and home textile research report retrieval request. Confirm that the returned result fields only include apparel and home textile related segmented categories, raw material prices, and other exclusive content, with no data from unrelated categories.
- Check the tool call logs to confirm that each call's duration does not exceed the set
tool_call_timeoutvalue, with no timeout error records. - Adjust the retrieval keyword to another textile category, such as industrial textiles, to verify that the tool does not return unrelated results. This confirms that the exact match rule for
field_filter_modeis active.
Question material comes from public community discussions. Configuration values are common starting points and should be measured against your own samples. Verified on 2026-09-14.