Generating the search configuration XML files is a simpler process than generating refinement configurations, because no repository updates are performed. The process is managed by the /atg/commerce/search/config/CatalogRankConfigAdapter component, which is a post-index customization adapter associated with the indexing project in Search Administration. This adapter is automatically invoked after each indexing operation. You can also invoke it without reindexing; this is useful if you have changed your search configurations in Oracle ATG Web Commerce Merchandising without making any changes to your catalog.
To generate the search configuration files, CatalogRankConfigAdapter invokes the /atg/search/repository/SearchConfigurationXMLGenerator component (of class atg.repository.search.indexing.config.SearchConfigurationXMLGenerator). This component is responsible for transforming the repository items into the XML files that represent rule sets in Oracle ATG Web Commerce Search. SearchConfigurationXMLGenerator calls various other components that parse the rules in the RefinementRepository and generate XML representations of those rules.
For information about setting up the CatalogRankConfigAdapter, see the ATG Search Installation and Configuration Guide. For information about invoking post-index customizations, see Working with Indexes in Search Administration.
