Build Item Keyword Index

Keyword search lets you find items quickly that you're looking for. Before you can use the keyword search in the Product Information Management work area, you must build the index.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, select the Manage Item Keyword Search Attributes task.

   • Offering: Product Management

   • Functional Area: Items

   • Task: Manage Item Keyword Search Attributes

2. Select the attributes that you want to use in the indexing process.

3. Click Index from the global header region and choose from these indexing options:

   • Create Index: Lets you start the indexing process using the current configuration of attributes, organizations, and languages.

   • Schedule Indexing: Lets you schedule the indexing process. The indexing is run based on your selections on this page.

     This initiates the indexing process.

Note: To see and edit data in the Indexed Organizations and Languages section, you must have the Manage Item Keyword Search Organizations and Languages (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_KEYWORD_ORG_LANGU) privilege.

Understand Indexing Statuses

When you initiate the indexing process, you get these statuses in the Indexing Status column:

• Completed: The index has run and completed successfully. The Last Indexed value indicates the date and time the index completed.

• Pending: Changes have been made to the index configurations and index needs to be rerun.

• Running: The indexing process is currently running.

• Scheduled: The indexing process is scheduled to run.

The status is displayed for each attribute on the Manage Item Keyword Search Attributes page. One or more attributes can be a part of a scheduled process. If you cancel a scheduled process, then some of the attributes may still show the status as Addition in Progress. By the time you cancel the scheduled process, some of the attributes may already be included in the index.