Search And Filter Data Requirements
Search grid mode and collection filtering depend on product data and Shopify Search & Discovery filter setup. Prepare the product catalog before judging filters, sorting, swatches, badges, and product-card output.
Product Data To Review
| Data | Used for |
|---|---|
| Product title and description | Search matching and result card content. |
| Product type | Product type filters where enabled. |
| Vendor | Vendor filters where enabled. |
| Tags | Tag-based organization and store-specific merchandising. |
| Collections | Collection membership, custom badges, and merchandising context. |
| Availability | Availability filters, sold-out badges, and quick-add states. |
| Price | Price filters, sorting, sale display, and currency display. |
| Options and variants | Size/color filters, swatches, variant images, and quick-add variant selection. |
| Metafields | Store-specific filter groups when configured in Shopify. |
Setup Notes
- Configure storefront filters in Shopify Search & Discovery before reviewing Search grid mode.
- Use the Shopify Search & Discovery guide when you need the screenshot-led app setup workflow.
- Use products with realistic options, prices, inventory, collections, and media.
- Test applying, combining, and clearing filters.
- Test empty results and mobile filter controls.
Search Chat help content
Search Chat uses your configured store information rather than inventing missing details. Review:
- Shopify shipping, refund, privacy and terms policies for the corresponding help replies and source links;
- store name, description and contact information for store and contact replies;
- Theme settings > Social media links for social-channel replies;
- collection titles, URLs and product counts for collection browsing and exact collection queries.
When a supported help topic has no configured information, the chat shows a theme message explaining that the information is missing. It cannot retrieve private order or tracking records.
1.8.0 supplies localized theme replies, counts, suggestions, follow-up buttons and supported help-query phrases for the selected storefront language. Translate merchant-authored titles, descriptions, policy excerpts and customized search text through Shopify. The chat does not automatically translate arbitrary store content or choose its reply language from the typed query. See Languages and translations and Latest updates.