On the right-hand side of the Diagnostic Search is the tool bar with access to tools for Search Optimisation (Preprocessor, Stop Words and Thesaurus), for relevance (see: Search Algorithm), for Campaign creation and, if available, for Personalization.

You can also view the results in XML format or as a JSON object.

Preprocessor, Stop Words and Thesaurus

For detailed information on the settings in this section, see the relevant sections under Search Optimisation.

Changing these values influences all search results, not just the one you are currently viewing!

If there are Preprocessor, Stop Words or Thesaurus configurations for the search result, the respective tool is displayed open.

If the tool is closed, a green number shows how many modifications have been performed:

Mouse over to display the available modifications in a short overview:

To edit or delete an entry, do so with the pencil or delete icon.

New Thesaurus, Stop Words and Preprocessor entries can be added with their respective tools. These are similar to Search Optimization.

Preprocessor:

Stop Words:

Thesaurus:

Editing a two-word-term with the the Thesaurus will result in an error message.

Campaigns

For more deteailed information, see the relevant entries in the chapter Campaigns.

Click the option to first choose a campaign type, then open the Campaign Assistant.

Trash

The trash function allows removing products from specific search terms.

These products are not removed from your stock, they will only be excluded from a specific search term. They will appear as normal for all other search terms.

Any changes will only become active after the next Product Data Import.

Moving Products to the Trash

Check (1) the unwanted product then click Add Entries to Trash (2).

The products will be dislayed for review and only deleted after a second confirmation:

An exclamation point is displayed next to the products:

Restoring Products from Trash

The Trash displays the number of products in it.

Products in the trash can be reviewed by clicking Show Entries, where they can be restored:

The Trash content is only displayed in relation with the search term currently active in the diagnostic search. To review all trash contents, go to Search optimization → Trash in the menu bar.

Relevance

For more detailed information on this topic, see the chapter on Search Algorithm.

Changes to these values influence all search results, not just the one currently active!

In addition to the term-focussed settings, you can also change Relevance, Spread, Minimum Similarity and TuneSpeed.

Personalization

For more deteailed information, see the relevant entries in the chapter Personalization.

If you have licenced the Personalization Module, you can review how results look for a specific session or specific user.

Location

This function allows you to simulate a personal geographical location for the search query in order to test the Geo.

Display as

Display search results as XML, JSON or HTML.

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