# Suggest general settings ## Summary The settings on this page allow to configure two different aspects of the Suggest module: * managing suggestion types and display * managing Suggest logic **General settings** is represented as an individual page tab for **Suggest** page. ## Suggest types and display ![](/files/8ruVqiVcJZPCEEWci5aY) The Suggest types and display section lets you manage different types of suggestions and how they are displayed: ![](/files/Ph63z0daepEWYQihI5Tp) **Create product suggestions from**. Product suggestions can either be created using the **Suggest Database** or the **Product Database**. Suggestions from the **Suggest Database** are usually quicker to generate, however, the suggested products may differ strongly from the search result. Product suggestions from the **Product Database** are closer to the actual search result for the same search term. The modules Customer Specific Info and Geo require the Product Database to work. For most use cases, it is recommended to use the Product Database. ![](/files/Ehk1tMw4qBIWvCgJj7rh) **Maximum number of suggestions** - defines the maximum number of results the Suggest can output. Available **Suggestion types** and it’s attributes are shown in the grid: ![](/files/2XF0kf1Bm7Z35I6UtFNL) **Name** - The name of the suggest type. ![](/files/cVfuaDKK4FYgURysSN7J) **Max. number of suggestions -** maximum number of suggestions to be displayed for this type in Suggest. To hide a type, set the number to 0. ![](/files/dOZlcoZrhcFshT4JyY3F) **Max. number of records in database -** maximum number of suggestions the database can hold for each type ![](/files/afMFqoHYxlD3P4x4s54e) **Search params type -** allows to select the type of the search parameter among product, filter, category, query and query with filter. ![](/files/heY1jGf0d6KIgQt5tmq5) **Display preview images -** allows to display the preview image ![](/files/OafifViaQkQ4QbI1JAeE) **Calculate exact number of results -** allows to enable the exact calculation of the number of search results. Enabling can increase the time needed for the search import significantly. ![](/files/XtZWDMJkCYzCx31NsA5Z) **Ignore missing images -** Enabling this property can decrease the time needed for the search import significantly, if many images are missing. ![](/files/vnDHuLlQwAzDEixxumZT) **Remove no match suggestions -** allows not to show suggestions leading to empty results page ![](/files/QuCuzIH0LgT2TFU0dgLy) **Fallback Image URL -** URL to an image that is to be used if no preview image is available for the suggested image. The following actions available in the grid: * **Add new type** ![](/files/UipZ5ADW4CYdVObCmdDS) * **Search** for specific suggestion type * Show all suggestion types that are **deleted in current transaction** * **Edit** suggestion type properties directly in the grid * **Delete** single or multiple selected suggestion types * **Clone** single or multiple selected suggestion types to another channel. [Edit configuration](/docs/user-interface/editing-configurations-managing-transactions.md) mode must be enabled to add, edit, clone, or delete entries. > Any new or changed entry will be marked it as locked ![](/files/g0DM13QsLjGG1HqSA542) and require [saving the transaction](/docs/user-interface/editing-configurations-managing-transactions.md). > Warning > > Both the activation of the determination of exact hit numbers ![](/files/OafifViaQkQ4QbI1JAeE) and the preview images ![](/files/heY1jGf0d6KIgQt5tmq5) is very computationally intensive during the suggest import process. That's why a suggest import with one of these features enabled should not be started at times when many users search for products in the shop! ## Suggest import The **Suggest import** section describes and manages the import function for Suggest. The search suggestions that appear when a visitor types a search term into the search box do not primarily come from the regular search database , but mostly from a separate, so-called suggest database. This database is smaller and simpler for performance reasons, allowing queries to be answered very quickly. In addition to the suggested search database, which you can configure via the FACT-Finder backend and also import manually if necessary , the suggested database also includes frequently used search terms by shop visitors. These are determined from the search log files of the last few days. ## Suggest logic The **Suggest logic** section manages additional behavior for Suggest. ![](/files/peLRwSp8S7XW0VuzOwt0) * The options **Use Thesaurus** ![](/files/Ph63z0daepEWYQihI5Tp), **Use stop words** ![](/files/Ehk1tMw4qBIWvCgJj7rh) and **Use Preprocessor** ![](/files/UipZ5ADW4CYdVObCmdDS) ensure that the settings made for the normal search logic are also used for the suggestion search. * The **Maximum database size** ![](/files/2XF0kf1Bm7Z35I6UtFNL) **-** indicates the maximum number of entries that can be in the suggest database.\ This limit is in place for performance reasons. The larger the database, the longer the search can take. Since the number and content of the fields affect the database size, only fields that are actually needed should be imported. * **Deduplication mode** ![](/files/cVfuaDKK4FYgURysSN7J): allows to select if suggestion with the same name or name ant type should be removed. This is useful, for example, to prevent all variants of the same article in different colors from being listed when searching for the term "trousers" ## Suggest and Geo For [Geo](/docs/modules/geo.md) and **Suggest** to work together, the following settings must be made: ![](/files/Uxa4ENwGKOnBylieiUVW) * The value for “create product suggestions from” must be set to "Product Database". * The suggest type `productName`must be configured. * To create a geo field a new source field should be added on the [Suggest Import page](/docs/import/selecting-suggest-product-and-search-data.md) ![](/files/CiXK4RJIrvaCIrNM2BPR) In this example, Department Stock field added with the local stock levels to the productName suggestion type. Selecting the field as Additional Return Data display the local stock levels in the suggestion result. Suggest follows the same rules as Geo, ie it follows e.g. market selection and distance rules. ## Suggest and Ranking rules [Ranking rules](/docs/discovery/ranking-rules.md) can also be applied to suggestions, using the **Scope** property of a rule: ![](/files/rHrB4Whf1c6plTz2j2ll) To use a ranking rule for a suggest type , the type must be linked to all fields that are set for the rule under 'Triggers and Effects'. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.fact-finder.com/docs/basic-settings/suggest/suggest-generalsettings.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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