Import

Summary

If you create or modify elements such as the Thesaurus or Ranking Rules, you must re-import product data so your changes take effect in the search index. You can start an import for a single channel or for all channels.

Please note that an import may take significant time (especially for Suggest or a considerable amount of Recommendation data). For this reason, single-channel imports should be preferred in most cases.

In some cases you may also need to re-import Suggest or Recommendation data. For Suggest, re-import whenever Suggest settings or the Suggest import configuration change. This includes any changes to the blacklist and/or whitelist.

If you use the Recommendation Engine, re-import whenever the matrix is modified or a new matrix is added. FactFinder generates the new relationships and makes them available only after the data is imported.

If you select Product import from source file, FactFinder downloads the configured source file and loads it into the staging database, then rebuilds the search index. If you leave this option unchecked, only a re-import from the staging database to the search index is performed.

• How to optimize your data feed

• Product data export

• Product data import

• Manual import: Product data

• Configuring product data import

• Selecting Suggest, product and search data

Product data import

For FactFinder NG to run search queries, it needs a search index built from your product data. Once the product data has been imported, NG generates the associated search index automatically; users can then carry out search queries.

Changes to your product data are only available to FactFinder after a re-import. To refresh your search index outside the normal update interval, start a manual data import.