RFC: searching with independent word order

  • Resolved rolfhuiber

    (@rolfhuiber)


    1 year, 7 months ago

    We have products which are made up of similar words, only added/differ in one/two words. The words can also be in different order constructed.

    e.g.
    aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff
    bbb ddd eee ggg

    Currently it is not possible to find both with the following searches:
    bbb ddd (only find the second one)
    ddd bbb (does not find any product)

    Smart Manager only finds product when the searching words are contiguous in the product name.

    Right now, we use single words, and have to find the product our self, and with variations enabled, this is even more tedious.

    It would be great when products can be filtered (reduced), based on the searching words given, in any given order.

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  • Plugin Author storeapps

    (@storeapps)

    1 year, 7 months ago

    @rolfhuiber ,

    We do understand your concerns.

    Yes, you are correct. Currently, Smart Manager will search words only in contiguous order. Also, we have taken a note of the same as a valuable suggestion and will surely keep you posted on the same.

    Further, would suggest you to use contains operator when using advanced search functionality for filtering products using product name.

    So, for your case you can add conditions in advanced search panel like below:
    1. Name contains bbb
    2. Name contains ddd
    OR
    1. Name contains ddd
    2. Name contains bbb

    Hope this helps. Please do give it a try and let us know how it goes for you.

    Thread Starter rolfhuiber

    (@rolfhuiber)

    1 year, 1 month ago

    It’s a work around, however it becomes very tedious when results have to be narrowed down further; too many clicks/mouse movements/edits are involved.

    I think splitting the search terms and building up a “where” clause is in my eyes not too hard to accomplish. Might you be interested to add it as a feature?

    Plugin Author storeapps

    (@storeapps)

    1 year, 1 month ago

    @rolfhuiber ,

    Yes, we have already taken that as a note and we will surely get back to you once we have added support for the same.

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