Release: 24.11
A Product Manager admin can now refine the search for the users by providing them with search categories including filters. The search filter can help buyer organization if they need to restrict their end users to purchase items with some specific filter and criteria. For example, if the buying organization wants their user to only buy laptops from HP and Dell, they can add a filter with criteria Supplier and options "HP" and "Dell".
A new option Filters has been added to manage the search categories on the Manage Categories page. The page can be accessed from the Categories menu option under Product manager and from the Categories section in Views. The Product Manager user can add a filter option with different search criteria to refine the search and show the desired results to the end users.
The following filter criteria can be added:
- Show Preferred Items
- Price Range
- Environment-Friendly Item
- Classification
- Content Tag
- Contract Reference
- Supplier
The filters can have multiple search criteria but the criteria can be added once in a filter. For example, a filter created for workwear jackets can have multiple criteria like price range, classification, and supplier with multiple options, but the same criteria such as price range, classification, and supplier can only be added once.
The filters added are shown in the All categories menu and in the Categories section of the Shop landing page.
The category selected shows the results on the search result page and the filters shown in the left panel are shown as selected for the criteria mentioned in the filters.
