In
this example, you want to create a search rule by using inventory
data to promote overstock products, or exclude out-of-stock products.
Before you begin
Ensure that your IT administrator enabled the WebSphere Commerce
search inventory index:
Procedure
- Promoting overstocked items.
You can promote overstocked
items in search results by ranking products with high inventory counts
higher than other products.
For example, to
promote products with inventory counts that are greater than 9000:
- Open the Marketing tool.
- Create and activate a search rule that uses the Change
Search Result Order action.
- Filter search results by using the following criteria:
Change Search Result Order ranking criteria
| Ranking Criteria |
Value |
| Ranking action |
Promote |
| Ranking factor |
75 |
| Type |
Property |
| Name |
Inventory |
| Matching rule |
Greater than |
| Value |
9000 |
Note: The higher the Ranking Factor value, the closer the
items move to the top of the search results.
- Save and activate your search rule.
- Use store preview to see how the search rule has elevated
products with high inventory counts in the search results.
- Excluding out-of-stock products
You can exclude out-of-stock
products from search results by displaying only products with sufficient
inventory.
For example, to show only products
that have an inventory count greater than 0:
- Open the Marketing tool.
- Create and activate a search rule that uses the Add
or Replace Search Criteria action.
- Filter search results by using the following criteria:
Add or Replace Search Criteria search filters
| Search filter |
Value |
| Type |
Property |
| Name |
Inventory |
| Matching rule |
Greater than |
| Value |
0 |
- Save and activate your search rule.
- Use store preview to see how the search rule excludes
products with low inventory counts from the search results.
Results
By analyzing inventory counts, you can create search rules
that promote overstock products, or exclude out-of-stock products
in the storefront.
