What the data for this category looks like
Steel trade research report data comes from four main sources: monthly reports from the China Iron and Steel Industry Association, weekly commodity trade data from major ports, internal production and sales ledgers of steel mills, and public market documents from commodity exchanges. Document structures include these standard fields: regional trade volume, gaps between ex-factory prices and port prices, demand share of downstream steel-consuming industries, and summaries of tariff adjustments. Most data updates follow a monthly schedule. Some port spot data is updated weekly. Field units use common commodity measurement standards, including ten thousand tons, yuan per ton, and US dollars per ton.
Constraints for multi-turn dialogue and prompt configuration
The multi-cycle data, specialized measurement fields, and multi-dimensional breakdown features of steel trade research reports create clear constraints for multi-turn dialogue and prompt configuration. Multi-turn dialogue must retain time anchor context to avoid mixing up monthly total trade volume and weekly spot price data. Prompts must explicitly require the model to include corresponding units in returned results, to prevent numerical values without units. For multi-dimensional breakdowns of downstream demand, support for layered follow-up questions about trade data for segmented product categories is required. This means retaining the user’s follow-up question path context. Long research report documents also require limiting the number of documents recalled per round, to prevent context window overflow.
How to set configurations
| Configuration Key | Recommended Value | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
maxContext | 8000–12000 characters | Single steel trade research report documents typically range from 3000 to 8000 characters, and multi-turn dialogue requires retaining 3–4 rounds of context. |
| Recall Count | top 6–8 entries | Steel trade-related data is often scattered across 2–3 documents; excessive recall will introduce irrelevant information. |
| Similarity Threshold | 0.75–0.85 | Steel industry terminology has high specificity, so low-relevance general research report content must be filtered out. |
PARSE_FILE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS | 120 seconds | Parsing large steel trade research report documents takes a long time. |
memory_window_size | 3–4 turns | In multi-turn dialogue, users typically ask follow-up questions around 3 or fewer time nodes or product categories. |
The parameter values provided on this page are common starting points for configuration setup. Actual values are affected by material format, data volume, and business rules. Analyze specific cases individually, and test on your own samples before finalizing settings.
Three common configuration mistakes
- Symptom: The interface prompts that no knowledge base is selected during chat, but the function works normally in the debug preview stage. Cause: Knowledge base association permissions for the publishing environment are not configured, or knowledge base binding configuration was not synchronized during publishing.
- Symptom: After multi-turn dialogue exceeds the set number of turns, the model cannot associate previous question content. Cause: The
memory_window_sizeparameter is not configured correctly, or context memory function is not enabled. - Symptom: The operation entry for batch clearing of chat logs cannot be found, or the clearing operation does not take effect. Cause: The dedicated configuration page for chat management was not accessed, or public settings for this function are not available in the current version.
How to verify correct configuration
- Initiate two linked questions: specify a time and region in the first question, then follow up with a question about trade data for a segmented product category in the second question. Verify that the model correctly associates context from the first question.
- Access the configuration page, check the set context parameters and recall rules, and confirm they match the preset configuration values.
- Trigger a scenario where the knowledge base is not bound, check if the interface displays the corresponding error prompt, and verify that the configuration permissions and association logic are working.
- Upload a single long steel trade research report, check that the parsing process completes normally, with no timeout or parsing failure prompts.
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.