Odoo Smart Search using Elasticsearch

Odoo Smart Search Using Elasticsearch Features

• Lightning fast results to the search query entered on the website irrespective of the number of products on your website.
• The admin can also map most trending searches with the search results from the Odoo backend which will then be displayed in the search hover-over box at the time of typing the search query.
• Auto-completion feature as the query is being entered. The search engine matches the syllables to the words in the index to provide auto-completed suggestions to the customers.
• Similarly, recent searches can be enabled by the admin so they are displayed in the hover over search box.
• Typing suggestions for the customers in real time for their query being entered.
• Facilitates the Cron scheduler to be set to automatically update the index from time to time for new products added on the website.
• The admin can choose and enter the fields he wishes to be indexed by the Elasticsearch engine and can also set their values.
• It also allows adding the filter to the results shown on the website for any entered query. For example, say hide the products that are ‘Out of Stock’ from the results.
• The hover Box can also be customized by the admin from the back-end to include/ exclude the details like product stock, description etc.
• The mapping history of all the products is available on the Odoo backend for any purpose like debugging.

How Does Elasticsearch Help In Finding The Results At Lightning Fast Speed?

Customize What And How Elasticsearch Indexes And Return The Results

• The admin can set different parameters for the elastic server to improve the user' experience and ease of navigation on the website for the customer.
• You can add the fields you wish to be indexed by the Elasticsearch like product's name,
• Similarly, you can enable and disable the fields that show up in the search results. Say, you can choose not to show the products which are out of stock in the search results.
• You can also choose the number of suggestions that show up for the visitor.
• You can also choose to show the details of the products in the suggestion like a short product description and product thumbnail.
• You can reset the entire index of the Elastic server, This will delete all the mapped data from the Elasticsearch server. 

Assist Customers In Typing And Searching

• The module facilitates the auto-complete feature which assists in providing suggestions to the customers about the products present on the website by auto-completing the search query in the search box.
• Additionally, the search engine identifies syllables from the stored indexes as you type in the search box to provide a list of possible suggestions to assist in your query.
• You can assign the number of characters the customer needs to type before the system shows suggestions.

 Trending Search In The Search Box

• You can pull the most recent searches from the Elasticsearch database and map them on the Odoo server so they are displayed in the search hover box on the website as the most trending searches.
• The system also stores and displays recent searches by other customers.
• The trending searches and recent searches are visible to the customers in the hover box as they type their query.

 Set The Cron Scheduler To Sync And Update The Index Between Elasticsearch And Odoo

• You can easily set the Cron to run automatically run at a scheduled time to update the index for new products being added to the inventory.