The SearchTermAssociation noun defines types related to a search term association. Search term associations suggest additional, different, or replacement products in search results. They can also link search terms to a selected landing page in the store. The three types of search term associations are: synonym, replacement and landing page. The service data object (SDO) is com.ibm.commerce.search.facade.datatypes.SearchTermAssociationType.
| BOD | Action Code / Access Profile | Action Expression | Service Provided | Sample XML Message | Client Library / Expression Builder |
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| ProcessSearchTermAssociation | Create | /SearchTermAssociation[i] | Create a search term association of type Synonym, AlsoSearchFor, SearchForInstead and LandingPageURL. |
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Response |
SearchFacadeClient.processSearchTermAssociation(ProcessSearchTermAssociationType) |
| Delete | /SearchTermAssociation[i] | Delete a search term association. |
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Response |
SearchFacadeClient.processSearchTermAssociation(ProcessSearchTermAssociationType) | |
| ChangeSearchTermAssociation | Update | /SearchTermAssociation[i] | Update the search terms or associated terms of a search term association. |
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Response |
SearchFacadeClient.changeSearchTermAssociation(ChangeSearchTermAssociationType) |
| GetSearchTermAssociation | IBM_Admin_Summary | /SearchTermAssociation[(AssociationType=)] | Get the search term associations corresponding to the specified association types, for the current store path and data languages. |
Request
Response |
SearchFacadeClient.getSearchTermAssociation(GetType) |
| IBM_Admin_Summary | /SearchTermAssociation[AssociationType= and (SearchTerms=)] | Get the search term associations of the specified association type that have the specified search term, for the current store path and data languages. |
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Response |
SearchFacadeClient.getSearchTermAssociation(GetType) | |
| IBM_Admin_Summary | /SearchTermAssociation | Get the search term associations that need to be published to the search engine, for the current store's master catalog. |
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Response |
SearchFacadeClient.getSearchTermAssociation(GetType) |
Some sample XML request and response web service messages are provided for each noun. These sample messages might not include all properties or attributes. To view a sample message that includes other properties or attributes, enable logging and tracing for the appropriate component and then call the web service to set or change the properties or attributes. Review the corresponding log file to see the request or response information.
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