How do we show filters (attributes) for search results?

[SpaiceVip]

I can't work out how to configure ElasticSuite (Magento 2.4.7) to show the filterable attributes for search results.

It means our results can show hundreds, sometimes thousands, of results for a term but there is no way for the user to 'drill down' to the specifications or features they are interested in (e.g. colour, screen size, etc)

Can you help?

I've been advised that we need a separate, third-party, search extension but that doesn't make sense to us as it seems we're just installing a new search module to work around ElasticSuite and most that we have looked at clash with the Smile module.

[romainruaud]

Hi @SpaiceVip

Just set your attributes to "Use in Search Results Layered Navigation" in the Storefront tab of the attribute edition screen in Magento Back Office.

Regards

[SpaiceVip]

Hi @romainruaud

Thanks for this. I looked into this and discovered that the Layered Navigation setting is already as you suggested it should be - so drilling through the categories shows all the filters in the sidebar navigation.

However, the "Is Filterable in Search" is set to no in all but the manufacturer attribute. And, manufacturer is the only filter that shows in our search results (see spaice.net)

So, that seems to be the problem, however, when we alter any of these other attributes to activate this filter there is no change to the frontend - only manufacturer shows.

I don't know whether Stock in the Channel have done something odd with the settings so they can't be configured but do you have any ideas on this?

Thanks,

Vipul