Algolia

Overview

Advanced search capabilities - "Give your users the search experience they're waiting for!"

Information

Once the brand sets up its Algolia account:

1. Send Symphony (onboarding manager) the API Keys 
2. Add Symphony as an admin on the account for configuration purposes using [e-mail]. Please ensure this account has access to "Dashboard", "Config", "Search", and "API Keys". These permissions will be required for setup and testing.
   
3. Sync product catalog with Algolia.
4. Set up attributes for Algolia to search off of.
5. Set up ranking for Algolia to prioritize what they search off of and how it is displayed.
6.  Synonyms
   • Brand sets this up:
     • Use Synonyms to specify multiple words that should be considered equivalent.
     • Use One Way Synonyms to define alternative words for a search term, which are not synonyms to each other.
     • Use Alternative Corrections to define alternative words for a search term, which are not synonyms to each other, accounting for 1 or 2 typos.
     • Use Placeholders to define tokens that can take any value from a list of words that you define.

Setting Up "Rankings"

1. Log into Algolia.
2. Click on Indices on the left-hand side.
3. Click on Rankings on the top of the page - in between Browse and Synonyms
4. Under Searchable Attributes you can:
   1. Drag the attributes to the order you want the search results to be displayed by.
   2. Add an attribute that is included in the attributes set up under "Browse."

Setting Up "Display"

1. Log into Algolia.
2. Click on Indices on the left-hand side.
3. Click on Display on the top of the page - in between Synonyms and Query Rules.
4. Under Attributes for faceting you can:
   1. Drag the attributes to the order you want the search results to be displayed by.
   2. Add an attribute that is included in the attributes set up under Browse.
   3. Make an attribute not searchable.

Extras

Predictive Text - need enterprise account and big enough catalog to warrant this