Search Management

This section covers the search behavior you can configure from the Kea Labs dashboard. It is shared product reference: the same concepts apply whether you reach them through the PrestaShop dashboard, a future Cloud dashboard, or another platform integration. Platform- specific navigation and entry points are documented in the platform section.

What “search behavior” means here

Search behavior is everything that changes which products a shopper sees and in what order, beyond the catalog itself. This section covers three surfaces:

• Synonyms — merchant-defined semantic expansion. Use a synonym when shoppers use a different word than the catalog does.
• Search fields and priorities — which columns of the product record the search engine considers, and how strongly each contributes to a match.
• Facets and filters — the list of filter widgets shown in the storefront filter sidebar.

These three concepts are closely related. In the current dashboard their pages are available from Settings, and each page has its own save and indexing behaviour.

Pages in this section

• Synonyms — merchant-defined semantic expansion. What they are, when to use Unidirectional or Bidirectional rules, when changes take effect, and the difference from typo correction.
• Fields and priorities — what a searchable field is, the four priority levels (Ignored, Low, Normal, Boosted), the autocomplete toggle, and how field priority changes the order of search results.
• Facets and filters — what a facet is, the three placement zones (pinned to the top, natural frequency-sorted, pinned to the bottom), the four facet types (String, Number, Boolean, Color), and how the facet list becomes the storefront filter sidebar.

How to use this section

1. Start with Synonyms if a query returns the wrong products because shoppers use a different word than the catalog does.
2. Move to Fields and priorities if the right products are returned, but in the wrong order.
3. Move to Facets and filters if the storefront filter sidebar is missing a filter shoppers expect, or if a filter shows up in the wrong order.
4. Configure from the dashboard of your installed platform. The PrestaShop entry point is documented at Search Management (PrestaShop).

The rule that prevents most surprise

Every Search Management feature has its own save behavior:

• Synonyms are search rules. After a successful save, new search requests can use the updated rules immediately.
• Fields affect ranking and autocomplete data. The search index must be refreshed before shoppers see the new behavior.
• Facets and filters can be either presentation-only or indexed-data changes. Presentation-only changes, such as title and position, do not need indexing. Changes that affect indexed facet data do.

See Synonyms: When changes take effect, Fields and priorities: How a change reaches the storefront, and Facets and filters: How a change reaches the storefront for the exact behavior.