Resaving a simple product generated from configurable product in Magento2 for Layered navigation to

[neilcarpenter]

Not sure if it's a bug or I'm just missing the point but when I create a configurable product in Magento 2.2.1 - the layered navigation on the front end doesn't update.

To get the layered navigation to be updated, I have to resave any one, yes only one, of the simple products that were generated when creating the configurable product.

So I guess my question is...

Why do I need to resave a simple product that's been generated from creating a configurable product in Magento 2.2.1 for changes to be applied to the Layered navigation on the frontend?

[Rakesh Jesadiya · Accepted solution]

you need to run indexer command after completing of your product creation.

Run,

php bin/magento indexer:reindex
php bin/magento cache:flush

After run indexer just run cache and you dont need to do a save simple product through admin.

[neilcarpenter]

Thanks rakeesh for explaining that to me.

Is there a reason the indexes aren't run when I save a configurable product even though the indexers are set to run "On save"

If i set the indexers to run on a schedule, is there a way I can set the default ones to run every 10 minutes, instead of every minute like magento recommends?

And do you know which indexer specifically updates the layered navigation?