Finding Items in a Catalog

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You use the Catalog Editor module to search a catalog. You can perform the following searches:

  • Keyword search. When you add property definitions to your catalog, you select the Free text searchable box to specify that they are available for free text search. A free text search retrieves all instances of the property in your catalog. These property definitions are logged into an index.

    You must update the full-text index after changes are made to your catalogs that are marked as searchable. For information about updating the full-text index, see Refreshing and Publishing a Catalog.

  • Search by properties. You can search for properties that have specific values. For example, Price < $10 and Color = Red. By default, all properties can be used in property searches.

To find products in a catalog by keyword

To find products in a catalog by property

To find products in a catalog by keyword

  1. In Catalogs, click CatalogEditor.
  2. In the Catalogs screen, select the catalog you want to search, and then click Open on the toolbar. If this is a multilingual catalog, the catalog is opened in the default language, unless otherwise specified.
  3. In the Catalog - <Catalog Name> screen, in the Products section, select Keyword Search from the Search Method drop-down list.
  4. In the Keywords box, type the keyword on which to conduct the search, and then click Find Now.

The keyword search results appear in the Products table.

To find products in a catalog by property

  1. In Catalogs, click CatalogEditor.

  2. In the Catalogs screen, select the catalog you want to search, and then click Open on the toolbar. If this is a multilingual catalog, the catalog is opened in the default language, unless otherwise specified.

  3. In the Catalog - <Catalog Name> screen, in the Products section, select Search by properties from the Search Method drop-down list, and then click New.

  4. In the Target based upon following conditions table, do the following:

    Boxes Left to Right Use this To do this
    First Select a property here Select the property type.
    Second Select an operator here Select a search operator.
    Third Enter a property value Type the value to be evaluated.

  5. Type the value you want to search on in the last text box.

  6. Click Find Now.

    The search results appear in the Products table. The following figure shows results from a property search.

    A sample screen that shows results using a property search.

See Also

Refreshing and Publishing a Catalog

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