This section describes search interfaces, the underlying configurable mechanism through which a storefront shopper’s search for product data records is executed.
A search interface:
Specifies which index fields (property values or dimension values) are examined as possible matches with shoppers’ search terms.
Specifies how search terms are matched to index fields.
Together with a relevance ranking strategy, it determines the order in which records appear in the search results. For information about relevance ranking strategies, see Configure the ranking of records in search results.
Search interface configuration can be exported and imported in either ZIP format or JSON format. For information about these formats, see Understand ZIP format and JSON format.
Note: A search interface can be partially configured in Oracle Commerce Cloud administration interface, where it is known as a searchable field ranking. For information, see Using Oracle Commerce Cloud.
This section includes the following topics:
