Understand index fields

A catalog property must be indexed before it can be considered when a shopper searches in your store.

To add a property to the index, select either or both of the following options in the property’s configuration in the catalog:

• Allow property to be searched
• Allow property to be a search facet

After you publish this change, the property is added to the index, where it is represented by an index field.

In order for a shopper’s search term to be matched against an index field’s contents, the field must be configured as searchable in the catalog, (the first option previously described), and must be added to the searchable field ranking list. Searchable field ranking changes take effect after the next time you publish.