The Guided Search components are installed in several packages.
This section provides general information about the installation packages. For detailed information about all installation packages for Guided Search and their related documentation, see the Oracle Commerce Guided Search Getting Started Guide.
The MDEX Engine core installation package installs the MDEX Engine. The server on which the MDEX Engine will run requires the EAC Agent from the Platform Services installation package. For detailed information about installation requirements, see the Oracle Commerce MDEX Engine Installation Guide.
Oracle Commerce Tools and Frameworks make it possible to create Web applications that present dynamic and contextual content to end customers across multiple channels. Tools and Frameworks consists of the following components:
Oracle Comerce Workbench with Experience Manager, a Web-based tool that enables business users to create and manage dynamic content configurations across multiple channels or applications.
The Assembler, a framework for collecting and sending queries to external data sources. Results are returned to the application as ready-to-render content items. The Assembler distribution includes support for querying an MDEX Engine. Users can extend the Assembler to query other data sources as necessary.
The Discover Electronics store, a reference application that demonstrates best practices for Guided Search applications.
For detailed information about installation requirements, see the Tools and Frameworks Installation Guide.