Search Merchandising uses customization adapters to submit search configuration files and inventory data to ATG Search. Each customization adapter is a Nucleus component that is invoked by ATG Search Administration when it runs an indexing job. When you set up a project in ATG Search Administration for indexing your Commerce catalog, these customization adapters are automatically associated with the project.
To make the Search Merchandising customization adapters available to ATG Search Administration, you must run a script that registers them with the ATG Search SearchAdminRepository. On Windows, the script is:
<ATG2007.3dir>\DCS\Search\Index\install\importDCSCustomizationAdapters.bat
On UNIX, the script is:
<ATG2007.3dir>/DCS/Search/Index/install/importDCSCustomizationAdapters.sh
The script registers two customization adapters with ATG Search:
/atg/commerce/search/config/CatalogRankConfigAdapter– This component manages the process of generating the search configuration files and submitting them to ATG Search./atg/commerce/search/config/SearchUpdateAdapter– This component manages the process of collecting updated inventory information and submitting it to ATG Search.
For more information about ATG Search Administration and customization data, see the ATG Search Administration Guide.
