Search & Part Numbers

XSearch is built for catalogs where shoppers search by part number as often as by name.

Part numbers go straight to the product

When a search is exactly a product's SKU, UPC or MPN, XSearch returns that product rather than everything that shares part of the number.

Any letter case. gvsbth4, GVSBTH4 and Gvsbth4 all find the same product.
Variant SKUs. Pasting the SKU of one variant (for example a single color or size) finds its parent product. Stores indexed before this feature need one reindex for every variant SKU to be searchable.
Part numbers inside longer queries. A pasted product title such as "raritan px3-5611r-e2 networked pdu – 208v" finds the product by its part number even though the marketing words don't all match.
As you type. Partial part numbers and SKUs surface matching products in the search dropdown and on the results page alike.

Fewer empty results pages

By default every word in a search must match, which keeps results precise. If a search of three or more words finds nothing, XSearch retries once with a slightly looser match — most, not all, of the words — so "rack blank spacer" still finds "Rack Line-Up Spacer Kit". Searches that already have results are never loosened.

Tuning it: Settings → Search Matching

Term matching — whether every word must match (the default) or any word.
Minimum should match (advanced) — a precise rule such as 75% or 2<75%, which overrides term matching.
Typo tolerance — off by default. It works with the best fields and most fields match types; the default cross fields type doesn't support it.
Match type — how words are matched across fields.
Searched fields & boosts — which fields are searched and how much each counts. By default name counts three times as much as description, SKU, search keywords, brand and categories.
Typeahead suggestion fields — which fields drive as-you-type matching. The default is name, SKU, MPN and brand. Variant SKUs follow the SKU setting.

Matching changes apply to the next search; no reindex is needed.