Product Index

Note

This index will be created during installation.

To open it go to System / Search Management / Search Indexes / Products

Additional to the general options, you can also configure specific ones:

  • Search by Parent Category Name - if option is enabled, customer can find a product by it's parent categories.
  • Search by child products - (for bundled and configurable products), if option is enabled customer can find bundled or grouped product by information from its associated products.
  • Search by Product ID - if option is enabled, customer can find product by product id (entity_id).
  • Search by custom options - if option is enabled, customer can find product by custom options (SKU and title).
  • Push "out of stock" products to the end - if option is enabled, all out of stock products will be displayed at the bottom of product list.
  • Search only by active categories - if option is enabled, search results will return products assigned only to active categories.
  • Force sort order by - redefines default sort order.

Note

By default magento sort search results by relevance.

There are 5 available options:

  • by relevance
  • by name
  • by creation time
  • price 0-9
  • price 9-0

Tip

Extension performs search by all searchable products. Product is searchable if it meets the following conditions:

  • it is enabled
  • it is visible in catalog or catalog/search
  • it is related to the current store
  • it is available in the stock (may be changed in magento configuration)

Learn more about setting up other indexes in our extension: