Search term autocomplete enables site visitors to see suggested words or phrases as they type. Visitors can click a suggestion to run the search quickly.

The following are the methods to configure Search term autocomplete for SearchStax:

• Configuring Search term autocomplete in Drupal
• Configuring Search term autocomplete in SearchStax

Configuring Search term autocomplete in Drupal

This method provides suggestions through content from specific indexed fields. This method does not require switching methods for migration. However, it is potentially expensive in terms of server utilization.

1. Sign in to your Drupal site with the Administrator role.
2. In the admin menu, click Extend.
3. Locate and select the Search API Solr Autocomplete checkbox and click Install.
4. Navigate to Configuration > Search and metadata > Search API.
5. On the Search API page, locate and click on the name of the SearchStax index you created.
6. Click the Autocomplete tab and enable the SearchStax index for your Search views.
7. In the Suggester plugins section, select the Retrieve from server checkbox.

8. In the Configure suggester dropdown, select the fields you want to base suggestions on.

   Ensure that you limit the selection to a total of 10 to 12 fields. If you exceed the limit, the request may be rejected.

9. Click Save.
10. Reindex the content.

Configuring Search term autocomplete in SearchStax

This method provides suggestions based on a developer-uploaded dictionary or actual user analytics data.

1. Sign in to your Drupal site with the Administrator role.
2. In the admin menu, click Extend.
3. Locate and select the Search API Solr Autocomplete checkbox and click Install.
4. Navigate to Configuration > Search and metadata > Search API.
5. On the Search API page, locate and click on the name of the SearchStax index you created.
6. Click the Autocomplete tab and enable the SearchStax index for your Search views.
7. In the Suggester plugins section, clear the Retrieve from server checkbox and select the SearchStax checkbox.
8. Click Save.
9. Sign in to SearchStax Studio – Site Search and open your Search App.
10. Navigate to Recommendations > Auto-Suggest.
11. Select the Enable Auto-Suggest checkbox.
12. Do one of one of the following:

    • Select Dictionary-Driven and upload your line-delimited .txt file that contains your curated search terms. In addition, add any individual high-priority words using the Add Word field.

      With this selection, the system ignores raw index data and only uses terms in your dictionary.

    • Select Data+Dictionary-Driven and upload your line-delimited .txt file that contains your curated search terms. In addition, add any individual high-priority words using the Add Word field.

      With this selection, the system uses terms in your dictionary and also uses analytics data from recent searches to populate suggestions for supported tiers.

13. Set the number of suggestions and the character limit required to trigger them.

14. Click Publish.

    Changes do not reflect on the live site until they are published.

Configuring Search term autocomplete for SearchStax