Enabling Search Suggestions
Search terms can be suggested to users when their initial queries can be improved. Spell check settings allow administrators to configure the Search application so that if a user types a search term that doesn’t return many results (for example, a slightly misspelled word), the user can be prompted to improve the search.
To configure the spell check settings:
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You must first reindex the spell check indexes. Go to Control Panel → Configuration → Search, and open the Index Actions screen.
Click Execute next to Reindex all spell check indexes.
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Make sure that one Suggestions widget is on the search page (it’s added by default if using the Search Page Template).
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Open the Suggestions widget configuration screen. Click the widget Options button (
) and select Configuration.
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Configure as desired and click Save.
Suggestions Configuration Reference
There are three main settings available for the Suggestions widget:
Display “Did you mean…” if the number of search results does not meet the threshold: Present users alternate, spell checked search queries if their search did not return a minimum number of results (50 by default).
Display Related Queries: If the number of search results doesn’t meet the specified threshold (50 by default), display up to a maximum number of alternative queries (10 by default).
Add New Related Queries Based on Successful Queries: Index a user’s search query if it produces a minimum number of results (50 by default), so it can be displayed to users as a suggestion. If the Display Related Queries setting is enabled, it’s used as a related query for similar search queries that don’t produce enough results.