| I want to… | Where to configure | Setting |
|---|---|---|
| Hide a field from the storefront but use it internally | Field Settings | Sensitive Data (toggle on) |
| Make a field available as a facet | Field Settings | Filterable & Merchandisable |
| Treat a field as exact match in search | Field Settings | Searchable → Match Type: Exact |
| Tolerate typos in search | Field Settings | Searchable → Match Type: Fuzzy |
| Make typing prefix match (e.g. “categ” → category) | Field Settings | Allow Prefix Search |
| Use a field for product-type tagging in queries | Field Settings | NLP → Match Type, Resulting Effect |
| Boost matching products rather than filter | Field Settings | NLP → Resulting Effect: Boost Results |
| Suppress specific values from NLP tagging | Field Settings | NLP → Exclude from NLP/NER matching |
| Treat a comma-separated field as an array | Field Settings | Multi-Value (with delimiter) |
| Enable Gen AI semantic search | Catalog Settings | Allow Vector for Gen AI → Text Vector |
| Enable visual-similarity matching | Catalog Settings | Allow Vector for Gen AI → Image Vector |
| Set the product-type signal across the catalog | Catalog Settings | Precision & Personalization Mode |
| Hide out-of-stock products from storefront | Catalog Settings | Out-of-Stock Products → Exclude |
| Group similar colors (red → burgundy, scarlet) | Catalog Settings | Color Family tab |
| Make a variant attribute available for slicing | Catalog Settings | Variant Slicing Attributes |
| Switch to semantic search engine | Algorithm | Relevance → Search Engine: Gen AI or Hybrid |
| Pick the Gen AI embedding model | Algorithm | Relevance → Gen AI Engine Configuration |
| Default which variant leads the tile | Algorithm | Relevance → Variant Slicing + Hero Variant |
| Boost products by total sold across channels | Algorithm | Performance → Custom Performance Signal |
| Use last-year same-week data for seasonal ranking | Algorithm | Performance → Time Decay: Previous Year |
| Personalize across categories (e.g. brand) | Algorithm | Personalization → Global Affinities |
| Boost newly-added products | Algorithm | Newness → Newness Field + Period + Weightage |
| Use pure relevance with no commercial signals | Algorithm | Ranking → Mode: Relevance First |
Algorithm, Field Settings & Catalog Settings
Quick Decision Guide
Common configuration decisions and where to make them.