Product display in Catalog Search

[foysal]

I have 44 products in 'ABC' Brand. If I try to browse them "Shop By Brand" I can get 44 products. But if I search them through **Search box** which is found in Home page I am getting 8 Products in Search Result. Why this is happening ?

[KentChr_DK]

Hi @foysal,

What are you searching for when do a search in the store ?

Did you check that your Brand (manufacturer) attribute is marked as seachable under Catalog > Attributes ?

Also what settings do you have for you store search - like, combine, full-text ?

It is very hard to assume anything, please provide a url, and the exact search-phrases and also the wanted outcome.

Thanks

[Pronto]

I agree. It sounds like your brand attribute is not searchable and you only get products which have the brand mentioned in either product name of description.

[foysal]

Thanks @KentChr_DK and @Pronto  for reply. 

Did you check that your Brand (manufacturer) attribute is marked as seachable under Catalog > Attributes ?

I did all these.

Also what settings do you have for you store search - like, combine, full-text ?

I found that in below screen if I change  Visibility * value to Search then I can found that product in Search but the product is not found under Shop by Brands. If I change the value again to Catalog, Search then I found the product in both in Search and Shop by Brands (Which is my requirement). Why it is happening ?

[Damian Culotta]

Hi @foysal,

I think @Pronto is right.

It sounds like a configuration issue with your attribute.

To be sure, got to Catalog -> Attributes -> Manage Attributes

Then select your attribute:

And now take a look to frontend properties:

If you want to search into the values of this attribute you'll need to set to yes those values on your attribute.

[KentChr_DK]

Hi @foysal,

Shop by brands ? Is this the extension from e.g. Aheadsworks/Amasty ?

Any setting there, or maybe this extension have extra attributes, you need to check.

If you would like it, I could a have a look, you can PM the details?

Also did you run a full re-index of the search-index under System > Indexmanagement, and if you have additional search function installed, be sure to re-index them as well (if possible).

[Ashish Kacha]

Edit app/code/core/Mage/CatalogSearch/Block/Result.php

Uncomment lines 149 and 150 

1 2	$this->getListBlock() ->setCollection($this->_getProductCollection());

Modify the line 172 

1 2	// Change this line $this->_productCollection = $this->getListBlock()->getLoadedProductCollection();

to the old code from Version 1.4.1.1

1 2	// Change the previous line to this one $this->_productCollection = Mage::getSingleton('catalogsearch/layer')->getProductCollection();

Once the code is fixed, go to the Admin panel (System > Index Management) and select all the Indexes > Pick action is “Reindex data” > Press “Submit”.

[Tagalys]

Hello @foysal

Feed from @Ashish Kacha @KentChr_DK @Damian Culotta @Pronto should most likely address the problem. Alternatively if that does not work, you may want to check at the product level for the 36 missing products, if they have been enabled for catalog search.