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Facets are the filters shoppers use to refine results on a search page, category page, or collection. They appear in the left side menu on desktop, or inside a nested menu on mobile. Common examples include Brand, Color, Size, Price, and Rating. Which facets appear on a given page depends on the products in the result set. Price is likely to show on almost every page because most products have a price. Waterproof will only show when waterproof products are present.

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How Facets Work in Experro

Facets begin as product attributes in your catalog. Once an attribute is indexed in Experro, you decide which attributes become shopper-facing facets by creating a Facet Rule. A Facet Rule is a group of one or more facets tied to a specific scope on your storefront. The rule controls which facets appear, how each one looks, how values are sorted and labeled, and which values are visible to shoppers. You no longer configure facets one by one as standalone settings. Every facet now sits inside a Facet Rule. To build one, see Create and Manage Facet Rules.

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Facet Scope

Every Facet Rule has a Scope that determines where it applies. There are four scope types:
  • Global — Applies to the entire site. Use this for the default facet configuration that runs everywhere a more specific rule does not.
  • Searches — Applies to all search queries or to specific search terms.
  • Categories — Applies to all categories or to specific categories.
  • Collections — Applies to all collections or to specific collections.
Precedence: A more specific rule overrides a broader one. If two rules at the same scope conflict, Experro applies the most recently active facet rule.

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Where to Start

Open the Discovery section in the sidebar and click Facets to see the listing screen. For the full setup walkthrough, see Create and Manage Facet Rules. For appearance and display settings, see Configure Facet Appearance. For value-level controls (rename, merge, show/hide), see Manage Facet Values.