Troubleshooting: Product Fast Finder missing from Elite starter store category pages

After publishing the Elite starter store, the Product Fast Finder page does not appear on any Elite starter store category pages.

Problem

The product fast finder is only helpful on categories with large sets of products sharing a common set of attributes. Only the Coffee Makers category under the Housewares catalog has these characteristics.

Solution

To resolve this issue and see the product fast finder in Elite you must publish the store with the Housewares sample data.

However, if you publish ExtendedSites.sar with the Housewares sample data, the product fast finder does not appear when browsing the Coffee Makers category from EliteEsite store. This is due to a store publish limitation, where the sample data is only published to one store.

To resolve the issue, you must insert an entry into the DISPCGPREL table indicating that you want the Coffee Makers category to be served using the JSP that renders the product fast finder page. For example:


INSERT INTO DISPCGPREL (catgroup_id, devicefmt_id, dispcgprel_id, mbrgrp_id, pagename, storeent_id, rank) 
values (x, -1, y, 0, 'ShoppingArea/CatalogSection/CategorySubsection/FastFinderDisplay.jsp', z, 0)

Where x is the categoryId for the Coffee Makers category, y is a unique ID for the DISPCGPREL table which has not been used and is smaller than the counter value, and z is the storeId for EliteEsite.