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            Show Orderable Products Only

            Configure products so that only products that are available for order show in your storefront search results. This topic applies to B2C Commerce.

            Control if a product appears in a search result when it's unavailable (ATS=0). Use the Searchable If Unavailable product attribute setting to control search results on a product-by-product basis.

            Use the Show Orderable Products Only search preference to control at the site-level if unavailable products appear in search results. Also use the Search API pipelet Show Orderable Products Only parameter and the dw.catalog.ProductSearchModel to programmatically override both the site-level and product-level settings.

            Note
            Note To use this feature, configure the corresponding site to use the Availability Search Index.

            The Show Orderable Products Only search preference controls whether unavailable products appear in search results at the site level. When Shop the Store is enabled, the search results consider both site and store inventory. See Shop the Store.

            The Searchable If Unavailable product attribute is defined and can be viewed by clicking App Launcher App Launcher, and then selecting Administration | Site Development | System Object Types | Product | Attribute Definitions.

            • If this attribute isn’t defined, B2C Commerce uses the site preference as the default behavior.
            • If this attribute is set to Yes, the product appears in the search results even if it's unavailable.
            • If this attribute is set to No, the product doesn’t appear in the search results if it isn't available.

            Edit this attribute on the product page and via bulk editing (Update/Delete Product attribute > attribute selection). Use this attribute for an advanced product search (Search Result > By Attribute). Import and export this setting (searchable-if-unavailable-flag) in catalog.xsd.

            Examples

            Here are some examples:

            Products Site search Preference Results
            Example 1 - Out-of-stock products appear in search results    
            • Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag has two colors Black and Brown; color Brown is out-of-stock
            • Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag has one color Cognac; color Cognac is out-of-stock
            		Show orderable products only is set to No.

            When the customer searches for bags, B2C Commerce shows:

            • Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag in the colors Black and Brown
            • Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag in the color Cognac
            Example 2 - Out-of-stock products don't appear in search results    
            • Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag has two colors Black and Brown; color Brown is out-of-stock
            • Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag has one color Cognac; color Cognac is out-of-stock
            		Show orderable products only is set to Yes.

            When the customer searches for bags, B2C Commerce shows:

            • Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag in the color Black
            Example 3 - Out-of-stock products don't appear in search results for some products    
            • Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag has two colors Black and Brown; color Brown is out-of-stock
            • Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag has one color Cognac; color Cognac is out-of-stock

            Show orderable products only if set to Yes.

            For product Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag, attribute Searchable If Unavailable is set to Yes (on base product level).

            For product Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag, attribute Searchable If Unavailable is undefined.

            When the customer searches for bags, B2C Commerce shows:

            • Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag in the colors Black and Brown
            Example 4 - Using new attribute to remove discontinued product from search    
            • Women's Silver Cloud Bracelet is out-of-stock and back-ordered
            • Women's Wrap Bracelet is out-of-stock and discontinued

            Show orderable products only if set to No.

            Searchable If Unavailable is undefined for both products.

            When the customer searches for bracelet, B2C Commerce shows:

            • Women's Silver Cloud Bracelet
            • Women's Wrap Bracelet
             

            Show orderable products only is set to No.

            User sets Searchable If Unavailable to No for product Women's Wrap Bracelet, and then rebuilds the product search index.

            When the customer searches for gps, B2C Commerce shows:

            • Women's Silver Cloud Bracelet
            Example 5 - In-Store-Only products    

            Women's New Rain Handbag is only sold in stores, but merchandised on the website. Product has no inventory on the website.

            The custom attribute In-Store Only is set to Yes for product Women's New Rain Handbag.

            Custom code is in place to show a message for products flagged as In-Store Only.

            		Show orderable products only is set to Yes.

            When the customer searches for bags, B2C Commerce shows:

            • Women's New Rain Handbag

            The customer clicks the product to navigate to the product details page and a message appears: "In-store only!"
             
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