Most ecommerce product catalogs contain various products with different SKUs called variants. Depending on the industry, a variant of a product means different packaging, color, and size versions of the same product. The display of product types in search results might vary depending on variable product attributes and business objectives. Displaying variants in search results might prevent other products from being discovered. That's why sometimes eliminating variants becomes the best choice. On the other hand, if only one variant is shown in the search results, it is crucial to determine which variant to display, and selecting the best one is essential.
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How Smart Variant Grouping helps
Eureka's Smart Variant Grouping setting allows you to manage variants of your products in the search results. When Smart Variant Grouping is activated, Eureka groups variants of the products and picks the best one according to search term similarity and user activity ratings on those variants.
When utilizing the Smart Variant Group setting, you can pick a specific attribute, such as color, to group variants of the same color together, ensuring a more streamlined and efficient search experience.
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Smart variant grouping enabledEnable Smart Variant Grouping
To enable Smart Variant Grouping, follow these steps:
- Navigate to Eureka > Settings > General tab.
- Enable the Enable Smart Variant Groups toggle.
- The default distinctive attribute selected is Group Code. Based on the selected locale, select the variable product attributes for which you want to group your variants.
- Click the Save button to save your selection(s).
- If you have more than one locale, you will be prompted with the option to Apply for All Locales or Apply Only for the selected locale. Select the option that best fits your case, and click the Save button.
- After saving your changes, the status of the Smart Variant Grouping will be updated to Pending. In this step, Eureka needs to index the data according to your Smart Variant Grouping configuration. You can reindex immediately or wait for a regular indexing period.
- Once the indexing is completed, the status will be updated to Synced. This means that the configuration is active on the search engine.
