This guide provides information about using ATG Search to index and search content in ATG repositories, including ATG Commerce catalogs. Implementing Commerce Search on your site involves the following steps:
You specify repository items and properties to index through an XML definition file.
Based on the information in the XML definition file, the repository items are transformed into XHTML documents.
These XHTML documents are submitted to ATG Search for indexing.
Using search forms in your site pages (created with form handlers that communicate with ATG Search), site visitors search these indexed documents.
For example, if you index your ATG Commerce catalog, a site visitor can use ATG Search to search your Commerce site for specific products.
This manual describes how to index data in repositories, and how to write JSPs for your ATG site that can issue queries to ATG Search. It is intended primarily for JSP page developers. In addition to this manual, you may also want to consult these guides:
The ATG Merchandising User Guide explains how to use ATG Merchandising to manage your Commerce catalog and to create facets and search configurations to personalize the search results displayed on your site.
The ATG Search Installation and Configuration Guide describes how to create an ATG installation that includes ATG Search.
