ACRIS Search Pro

Configuration of the plugin

To configure the plugin: Settings -> Plugins -> Search Pro
With the installation of the plugin a new "Sorting" will be created in the product listing -> "Best Results".
Only with this sorting the rules in the frontend will be applied.

Features of the plugin

Search preview in the admin interface

Application example: The shop admin wants to check his configurations without having to switch to the frontend.

Below the possible configuration of the plugin, we have integrated a search preview.

• First please select the right sales channel, then you can enter the search terms.

• The search preview considers all set rules and additionally outputs a "ranking" value.

• This means that if you change the FACTOR for any of the rules, you can immediately see the effects on the search result.  

Prioritize products

Application example: A user is supposed to be shown certain products in the listing when entering a search or in categories

• Please create "Dynamic product group" first

    To use this feature properly, you need to create a dynamic product group to define the selection of products to be prioritized.
    This is done in the Shopware Standard under CATALOGS -> DYNAMIC PRODUCT GROUPS
    Then configure prioritize product
    Settings -> Plugins -> Search Pro -> prioritize products -> "add".

• Internal designation    is displayed in the overview, serves to clearly describe the product prioritization rule
  

• Active     each rule can be set active / inactive
  

• apply to

        the rule can be applied in several areas:
        Search and search preview:  The rule prioritizes the products defined in the "dynamic product group" in the search preview and in the search result
        Categories: The rule prioritizes the product listing in a category, the products defined with "dynamic product group". This is independent of a search.
        Search, search preview and category: The rule is applied in all 3 cases.

• (Optional) Search terms:

        If search terms are specified, the prioritization of products is only active if one of the search terms or the synonyms specified for it are entered in the search. This has no effect on the product listing.

• factor:

        The factor can be used to set a weighting - this has an effect on the prioritization. The calculated ranking value is displayed in the search preview.
        Please adjust the values in smaller steps (50-100), otherwise the rankings may be shifted strongly.

•  Dynamic product groups:

        Here the product groups defined at the beginning are assigned - this can be one or more.
        An OR link has been implemented: All products in the dynamic product group 1 or 2 are prioritized.

Restrict product search result

Application example: A user should only find products with stock level > 0.

• First please create "Dynamic product group

    To use this feature properly, you need to create a dynamic product group to define the selection of products to be prioritized.
    This is done in the Shopware Standard under CATALOGS -> DYNAMIC PRODUCT GROUPS
    All products from the dynamic product group are then used / displayed with the corresponding search restriction rule.

• Then configure Prioritize product

    Settings -> Plugins -> Search Pro -> Restrict product search results -> "add".
    Internal designation     is displayed in the overview, serves to clearly describe the product prioritization rule
    Active    each rule can be set active / inactive
    (Optional) Search term
    If the user searches in the frontend for one of the specified search terms or their synonyms, the search results are restricted to those in the specified dynamic product group. If no search term is entered, the rule is not limited to one (or more) search terms, but is applied to each search term.
    Dynamic product groups:
    The product groups defined at the beginning are assigned here - these can be one or more.
    An OR link has been implemented: All products that are in dynamic product group 1 or 2 are prioritized.
    All products from the dynamic product group are then used / displayed in the corresponding search restriction rule.

Attention:

    Due to several errors in the Shopware Standard for the dynamic product groups, errors may occur in the frontend.
    Please change the dynamic product group rule to numeric queries if possible.
    Example: If you create a dynamic product group on NAME contains XYZ, an error will be visible in the frontend.
    If you create a rule with LAGERSTAND > 0, it will work correctly.

Search words

SEARCHWORDS in the current version only serve as an overview if they are used in other functions of our plugin.
In future versions it will be possible to display statistics here.

Synonym Rules

Application example: A user entering "Laptop" should also find search results with "Notebook" (and vice versa)
The synonym rules are only applied to the search.

• Internal name    is displayed in the overview, serves to clearly describe the product prioritization rule
  

•  Active    each rule can be set active / inactive
  

•  Search terms   Specify which search terms should behave like synonyms. A 1:1 connection is made here, which means that all entered search terms are always found "vice versa".  
  

More features in planning

• Integration of CMS pages (AGB, contact, shopping worlds)
• Evaluations, how often which search was sent
• Redirect - if a term is searched for, then redirected to a specific page
  

If you are missing any other features, please write us a support request and we will check a possible implementation.