What the data for this category looks like
Financial report data related to refractory materials mainly comes from periodic reports of domestic and overseas listed refractory material enterprises, industry operation data released by the China Refractory Materials Industry Association, and third-party building material industry databases. Update cycles follow listed enterprise disclosure rules: quarterly reports are updated within one month after the end of each quarter, and annual reports are disclosed by the end of April of the following year. Document structures include fields such as refractory material sector revenue, unit production cost, production capacity scale, raw material procurement proportion, and more. Units mostly use ten thousand yuan, ten thousand tons, and yuan/ton. Some industry reports include structured records of monthly raw material price fluctuations.
What constraints these characteristics impose on the "citation source and traceability" link
The scattered sources of refractory material segmented data require precise locking of "refractory material" related sectors during traceability, to avoid confusion with general building material category data. Differences in update cycles across data sources require distinguishing time filtering rules for listed enterprise periodic reports and industry association monthly data in configuration, to ensure retrieved content matches the analysis cycle. The specificity of segmented fields requires targeted keyword matching rules, only retrieving entries that include refractory material-specific terminology. Some industry reports have many structured fields, so it is necessary to limit the length of single retrieved content to avoid truncation due to exceeding the model context window. At the same time, segmented data related to refractory material raw materials is often scattered across different documents, so traceability requires associating corresponding fields from multiple sources to avoid information fragmentation.
Configuration Settings
| Configuration Item | Recommended Value | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
retrieval count | top 6-8 entries | The content volume of the refractory material financial report segmented sector is small. Too many retrievals will introduce irrelevant general building material data, while too few will fail to cover all information required for analysis |
similarity threshold | 0.72-0.85 | Refractory material-specific terminology has high recognition. This interval can filter general building material data and only retain highly matched segmented content |
segment length | 800-1200 characters | Single-segment content of the refractory material financial report segmented sector is mostly 500-1000 characters. This length can fully retain the context of single data entries and avoid truncating key fields |
PARSE_FILE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS | 300 seconds | Parsing large industry report documents takes a long time. 300 seconds can cover the parsing process for most refractory material industry reports |
knowledge base filter keywords | ["refractory material", "magnesite sand", "firebrick", "bauxite"] | Accurately filter non-refractory material building material data to avoid retrieving confusing content |
reranked retrieval count | top 3-5 entries | Core financial report data required for analysis is usually concentrated in 3-5 highly matched entries. Too many will increase the model's processing burden |
The parameter values provided on this page are conventional recommendations used as a starting point for configuration. Actual values are affected by material form, data volume and business rules. Specific issues require individual analysis. It is recommended to test on your own samples before finalizing settings.
Three Common Misconfiguration Scenarios
- Phenomenon: Retrieved results show citations of refractory material-related documents, but the generated response does not include corresponding content, or includes irrelevant building material content. Cause: The
knowledge base filter keywordsare not configured, or the similarity threshold is set too low, resulting in retrieval of general building material data and failure to retrieve refractory material segmented content. - Phenomenon: Only text-format knowledge base documents are retrieved, and structured data parsed from tables and PDFs is not cited. Cause: The structured data retrieval switch for the knowledge base is not enabled, or structured field matching rules are not configured, causing non-text data to fail to be accurately matched.
- Phenomenon: After calling the API to generate a response, the returned citation field is empty, or the corresponding knowledge base source is not displayed. Cause: The correct
knowledge base IDglobal variable is not passed in the workflow, or the global variable is not bound to the corresponding knowledge base configuration.
How to Confirm Proper Configuration
- Enter the knowledge base management interface, check the filter keyword configuration, and confirm that it includes refractory material-specific terminology.
- Initiate a single test query, such as "2024 revenue status of the refractory material sector", check the citation list in the returned results, and verify whether each cited content is related to refractory material segmented data.
- Check the workflow node configuration, confirm that the correct knowledge base ID global variable is bound, and that the variable is correctly referenced in the call link.
- View the document parsing log, confirm that the parsing duration does not exceed the configured timeout threshold, and that segment processing meets expectations.
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.