How do i implement a Did you mean-feature

Sonni Tost

Posted on 21/11/2014 12:32:50

Hi all,

I would like to implement a 'Did you-mean'-feature in my product search - but i fail to find documentation on how to do it.

I have found some documentation on the subject (Pavel Volgarevs blog) - but when i try to use the DwTemplateTags in my templates - it shows just about all the tags in the world - except the tags he mentions in his post.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how i implement the 'Did you mean'-feature in the product search?

It will be highly appreciated :-)

Sonni T.

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Morten Bengtson

Posted on 21/11/2014 12:59:01

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Hi Sonni,

You can use the "No products found" template on the product catalog.

Here is an example of 'Did you mean?' from the solution set.

Make sure that products have been indexed and that you are using the index search (Lucene) on the product catalog page.

Live demo

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Morten Bengtson

Posted on 21/11/2014 12:59:02

Sonni Tost

Posted on 21/11/2014 16:22:26

Thank You Morten!

That was the missing link :-)

A tiny follow-up question:
Is there a way to suggest an alternative query - even though a search returns results?

Fx. if a client searches for a product in plural - and that search returns 6 hits - but the same search in singular returns 70 hits. Then it would be beneficial to suggest the same search in singular.

Or would that be a feature request?

Kind regards

Sonni T.

Morten Bengtson

Posted on 21/11/2014 21:03:06

You can call the InstantSearch.ashx in an ajax request and get some suggestions, but I don't think it will give you the results you are looking for.

I think it would be better to actually include the terms that users are searching for in the description or meta data on each product, so that these products show up in the search results.

Example 1: Suggestions when there are matching products

{
    "Data": ["Road Bike", "Mountain Bike", "Commuter Bike", "BMX Bike", "Coasting Bike"],
    "ExtensionData": [{
        "Name": "PageID",
        "Value": "48"
    }, {
        "Name": "ParagraphID",
        "Value": "34"
    }, {
        "Name": "Module",
        "Value": "eCom_Catalog"
    }, {
        "Name": "Time",
        "Value": "635521978558370396"
    }, {
        "Name": "Formatter",
        "Value": "JsonDataFormatter"
    }, {
        "Name": "FormatterContentType",
        "Value": "application\/json"
    }]
}

Example 2: Suggestions when there are no matching products

{
    "Data": [],
    "ExtensionData": [{
        "Name": "PageID",
        "Value": "48"
    }, {
        "Name": "ParagraphID",
        "Value": "34"
    }, {
        "Name": "Module",
        "Value": "eCom_Catalog"
    }, {
        "Name": "Time",
        "Value": "635521978023251512"
    }, {
        "Name": "Formatter",
        "Value": "JsonDataFormatter"
    }, {
        "Name": "FormatterContentType",
        "Value": "application\/json"
    }, {
        "Name": "OriginalPhrase",
        "Value": "bikes"
    }, {
        "Name": "CorrectedPhrase",
        "Value": "bikers"
    }]
}

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