Data Model Example - Food Services | Yext Hitchhikers Platform

What You’ll Learn

In this section, you will learn:

• Common entity types used in Food Services data model
• How data is modeled in example scenarios

Common Entity Types in Food

There are a lot of types that are common in food accounts, this includes:

• Restaurant - this can be used for Restaurants, Cafes, Bars or other places where a customer would order and consume a meal
• Events - this can be used for any events that a restaurant or brand would host
• Jobs - this can be used for available or featured jobs at restaurants or at corporate offices
• FAQs - this can be used to store common guest or customer questions and answers to help cut down on support costs and improve guest experience
• Menu Item (Custom) - many restaurant groups choose to create a custom type for Menu Items if they want to have landing pages or Result cards in Search for their menu items (remember: if they want to sync menu items to listings, they’ll need to turn on the Menu ECL)
• Services (Custom) - many restaurant groups choose to create a custom type for Services they provide like Catering or Delivery if they want to have a landing page or Result cards in Search for these services
• Local Services (Custom) - many restaurant groups choose to create a custom type for Local Services that describe one of their services specific to a location or services area if they want to have a landing page for these services

Remember: if a customer wants to sync their Menus to publishers in our Menus Publisher Pack, they’ll need to turn on Menu ECLs, which are separate from Entity Types for now.

Example Scenario

A restaurant group wants to:

• List their Restaurants with Menu Syncing
• Build pages for Restaurants and services at each restaurant (e.g., catering at 123 Main St, delivery at 13 Main St)
• Feature Restaurants, Menu items, Services (generic), Limited Time Offers, Jobs and FAQs in Search

We would model their account with:

Built-in:

• Restaurant
• Menu ECLs
• FAQ
• Job

Custom

• Location Service
• Service
• Menu Item
• Limited Time Offer

Here’s what their graph might look like: