Getting Started

Welcome to the Backend Search documentation.

Whether you are a new or an advanced user, you can find some useful information here.

Go ahead, dive in!

Firstly, please, find our extension in My Downloadable Products section of our store. Learn how to install extension, and proceed with Quick Start, which will guide you to set up your Backend Search service.

How to install the extension

How to install the extension using composer

  1. Backup your store's database and web directory.
  2. Login to the SSH console on your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.
  3. Copy the installation instructions from the page My Downloadable Products to the SSH console and press ENTER.
  4. Run command php -f bin/magento module:enable Mirasvit_Core Mirasvit_BackendSearch to enable the extension.
  5. Run command php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade to install the extension.
  6. Run command php -f bin/magento cache:clean to clean the cache.
  7. Deploy static view files

    rm -rf pub/static/*; rm -rf var/view_preprocessed/*; php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

  8. Run command php -f bin/magento indexer:reindex to reindex data.

How to install the extension manually

  1. Backup your store's database and web directory.
  2. Download archive from My Downloadable Products.
  3. Unzip the extension locally.
  4. Copy unzipped folder to the root directory of the Magento store.
  5. Run command php -f bin/magento module:enable Mirasvit_Core Mirasvit_BackendSearch to enable the extension.
  6. Run command php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade to install the extension.
  7. Run command php -f bin/magento cache:clean to clean the cache.
  8. Deploy static view files

    rm -rf pub/static/*; rm -rf var/view_preprocessed/*; php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

How to upgrade extension

To upgrade the extension, follow these steps:

  1. Backup your store's database and web directory.
  2. Login to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.
  3. Run command composer require mirasvit/module-assistant:* --update-with-dependencies to update current extension with all dependencies.

    Note

    In some cases, the command above is not applicable, or it's not possible to update just the current module, or you need to upgrade all Mirasvit modules in a bundle. In this case, the command above will have no effect.

    Run instead composer update mirasvit/* command. It will update all Mirasvit modules installed in your store.

  4. Run command php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade to install updates.
  5. Run command php -f bin/magento cache:clean to clean the cache.
  6. Deploy static view files

    rm -rf pub/static/*; rm -rf var/view_preprocessed/*; php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Disabling the Extension

Temporarily Disable

To temporarily disable the extension please follow these steps:

  1. Login to the SSH console on your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.
  2. Run the command php -f bin/magento module:disable Mirasvit_BackendSearch to disable the extension.
  3. Log in to the Magento backend and refresh the store cache (if enabled).

Extension Removal

To uninstall the extension, please follow these steps:

  1. Login to the SSH console on your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.
  2. Run command php -f bin/magento module:disable Mirasvit_BackendSearch to disable the extension.
  3. Run command composer remove mirasvit/module-assistant to remove the extension.
  4. Log in to the Magento backend and refresh the store cache (if enabled).

Change Log

0.0.16

(2024-09-19)

Improvements

  • Use selection to search. Once you select any text on the page and open the search using keyboard shortcuts ("/" or "Cmd+F"), the extension automatically places the selected text into the search input and performs the search.

0.0.15

(2024-09-16)

Features

  • Ability to search orders by item name or SKU.

0.0.14

(2024-05-24)

Fixed

  • Product search adjustments for Magento EE

0.0.13

(2024-04-16)

Fixed

  • Fixed query error on cron run

0.0.12

(2024-04-04)

Fixed

  • Issue with indexation

0.0.11

(2024-03-25)

Improvements

  • Compatibility with Elasticsearch 8

0.0.10

(2023-12-26)

Improvements

  • Updated product attributes indexation logic

0.0.9

(2023-12-21)

Improvements

  • Search by text product attributes

0.0.8

(2023-12-19)

Improvements

  • Added a new search index - Shipments
  • Added search by shipping address

0.0.7

(2023-11-02)

Improvements

  • Highlight search phrases for better visibility
  • Search by order comments

0.0.6

(2023-10-31)

Improvements

  • Added search by company name

0.0.5

(2023-10-25)

Fixed

  • Issues with indexation

0.0.4

(2023-10-05)

Improvements

  • Added ability to filter items by provider

0.0.3

(2023-10-03)

Improvements

  • UI

0.0.2

(2023-10-02)

Improvements

  • Initial release