Changes that you make to a search interface through the Search and Navigation REST API take effect in the preview storefront immediately, without being published. Similarly, changes that you make to an existing search interface through the Search tab take effect in the preview storefront immediately.
However, these changes take place in the live storefront only after you have published changes to the catalog.
Toggling fields in the catalog to determine whether they are searchable, are facets, or are multi-select facets, does not take effect until the merchandiser publishes these changes.
For more information about when changes to search interface configuration take effect in your preview and live storefronts, see Apply search configuration to your preview and production storefronts.
