Diagnostic Search

Diagnostic search overview

The Diagnostic Search environment allows to quickly check search results and the general functionality of different modules.

By entering a search term in the search bar and pressing Enter, FactFinder retrieves relevant results.

Results are listed in a grid, including every attributes for products. There are also Filters and Toolbar panels. Detailed description and available functions for the grid and panels are described in chapters below.

Search results grid

• Sorting to the grid can be applied by clicking column headers.

• Only fields with sorting enabled in the field settings can be sorted.

• Arrows indicate the current sorting mode.

• Default sorting is descending by Score.

The fields displayed in the grid can be specifically configured. Irrelevant fields can be hidden or non-searchable fields that are important for ranking analysis can be added.

• Fields configuration window is opened by clicking Edit field display (5) button.

• Fields can be quickly configured by default options:

  • Searchable fields - only searchable fields will be shown

  • Fields with roles - only fields with roles assigned will be shown

  • Custom selection - allow manually select fields to be shown

• It is possible to order fields representation in the grid by drag-n-dropping them by icon

• Changes applied by clicking OK button or canceled by clicking Cancel button

Products can be selected/unselected in the grid by clicking the checkbox

Selected products can be added to Trash directly from the grid using Trash option in Toolbar panel

Additional details for product score can be viewed by clicking ? icon located in Info column:

• Overall score;

• Terms found;

• Field where search term is found

• Effect to the the score from the search term

• Effect of ranking

• Effect of ASO

To quickly find specific results, Substring filter can be added to a field by using the filter input box in the header of the field.

It can also be used for queries that would not otherwise be possible and to create a more complex filtering:

• ___ can be used for AND operator,

• ~~~ for OR operator

• ! for NOT  operator

For example, a filter that shows all products that do not contain the term "Women":

If there is corresponding facet present, orange digit will be added to it in Filters panel indicating that substring filter is applied.

Products added to the Blacklist can be included into the search results in Diagnostic search by clicking checkbox located next to Edit field display button.

It is possible to change the field weighting (searchability) of one or more fields directly from search results grid:

1. Enable Edit configuration mode

2. Move the mouse over the respective column name and click on the pencil icon that appears

3. Input reduction percentage

4. Close to apply changes

WARNING! This is a global change and will affect all searches.

Filters panel

Filters panel located on the left side of the Search results grid simulates filtering in the web-shop and can be used to filter out search results by various attributes.

• Filters panel can be expanded

• Search, Navigation or None filter groups to be displayed can be selected with Quick filter selection dropdown

• Additional filters can be added by Add filter button

• Filters can be removed by cross-icon

• Filters with applied values are highlighted with green indicator

Toolbar panel

Toolbar panel is located to the right side of the Search results grid and allows direct and quick access to various FactFinder functions. It also indicates (with green digit) which rules has been triggered or which entries are used by the search term.

• Result Adjustments - allows to show/hide effects caused by search term rules, campaigns and ranking rules

• Preprocessor - shows preprocessor search rules triggered by the search term and allows to add new preprocessor entries

• Stop words - shows stop words search rules triggered by the search term and allows to add stop words entries

• Thesaurus - shows thesaurus search rules triggered by the search term and allows to add thesaurus entries

• Campaigns - shows campaign using any products within the search results and allow to add new campaigns

• Trash - shows trash search rules triggered by the search term and allows to add trash entries

• Relevance - provides quick access to Search algorithm settings

• A/B test - opens test mode

• Personalization - allows to input specific Session ID or User ID to simulate personalized search

• Location - allows to input location to simulate Geo module distance rule settings

• Market selection - allows to select specific markets if they are available

• Display as - allows to represent search results as a JSON.

• Export as - allows to export search results as .csv file

• Custom parameter - allows to add custom parameters: key on the left input and value on the right.