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How to Index Custom Product Attributes (Technical Specifications)
I have no idea what you mean with a BFO. Have you tried an extension method to add them to the index? Assuming it's not a regualr property
SearchClient.Instance.Conventions
.ForInstancesOf<ProductContent>()
.IncludeField(x => x.BFO());
Jul 13, 2020 7:23
Syed Quadri
- Jul 13, 2020 9:28
From BFO, I meant Business Foundation (https://world.episerver.com/documentation/developer-guides/commerce/business-foundation/). The product attributes are saved in this table as key-value pairs with a reference to CatalogEntry with a one to many relationship.
You would need to add an extension method to your entry model, for example
public static bool IsOK(this ProductContent productContent)
{
}
in which you load the BF object and returns the value(s). then you include this extension method to your model as Jeroen suggested.
Indexing performance might be a concern, however.
Jul 13, 2020 14:58
Syed Quadri
- Jul 14, 2020 8:33
Thanks. Then can you please suggest the right approach to index this type of data structure without affecting the indexing or search performance and allowing to perform a faceted search on the attributes.
Without knowing how many BF objects you have and how they are attached to the products, it's impossible for me to give a meaningful suggestion. However if you only have few BF objects to define the attributes, it might make senses to create a class to load them and place them in cache instead.
Jul 14, 2020 9:41
Thanks a lot for working with on this.
I have attached a high-level schema and sample for your perusal. https://ibb.co/dMwjYFZ
Please let me know if it helps in guiding me in the right direction.
Jul 14, 2020 15:22
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Hello,
We are planning to upgrade from Apache Solr to EPiServer Search & Navigation. We were able to use the out of box configuration of Episerver search & navigation index all the catalog entry items. we have a custom BFO which stores the attributes (RAM, Processor Type, HDD Size etc.,) for these products and our existing indexing job used to index these attributes and performs a faceted search on this attributes. Can someone guide me in the right direction to perform the same task (faceted search on attributes) with EpiServer Search & Navigation?
Thanks,
Naveed Quadri