Enabling search rules for category navigation

You can create search rules that make it easier for the customer to browse the storefront by category.

About this task

You are not limited to using product names in search rules. By editing two configuration files, you can enable search rules for category navigation as well.

Procedure

Edit the file CategoryNavigationSetup.jspf. Update the searchTerm parameter to the value "<nav>".

        <wcf:rest var="catalogNavigationView1" 
                  url="${searchHostNamePath}${searchContextPath}/store/${WCParam.storeId}/productview/byCategory/${WCParam.categoryId}" > 
                <wcf:param name="pageSize" value="${pageSize}" /> 
                <wcf:param name="pageNumber" value="${pageNum + 1}" /> 
                <wcf:param name="searchProfile" value="${searchProfile}" /> 
                <wcf:param name="searchTerm" value="<nav>" />

Update wc-search.xml to use the class SolrRESTSearchBasedMerchandisingExpressionProvider in the IBM_findProductsByCategory profile.

    <_config:profile name="IBM_findProductsByCategory" indexName="CatalogEntry">         
               <_config:query>                 
                  <!--  The search profile used to Dynamic Kit pre-configuration Data but with no price. -->                 
                  <_config:param name="DynamicKitReturnPrice" value="true"/>             
               <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByCategoryExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByManufacturerExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByPriceExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByFacetExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByStorePathExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByPublishedEntryOnlyExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchByCustomExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchFacetConditionExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchTypeExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchProductSequencingExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchProductEntitlementExpressionProvider"/>             <_config:provider
      classname="com.ibm.commerce.foundation.server.services.rest.search.expression.solr.SolrRESTSearchBasedMerchandisingExpressionProvider"/>

Create a search rule that uses "<nav>" as the search term. For more information about creating search rules, see Working with search rules.
View the category in the storefront. For examples, see Categories.