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# Commerce Search Index Update Methods

You can run a partial or full search index update depending on the type of information that has changed in your B2B Commerce store configuration or product catalog.

### Required Editions

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[Which Salesforce Commerce Product Do I Have?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_what_product.htm&language=en_US)

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d20867e61">Method</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d20867e64">When to Use IT</th>
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          <td data-label="Method" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d20867e61 ">Partial Update</td>

          <td data-label="When to Use IT" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d20867e64 ">You change or remove products, catalogs, assignment categories, and
            entitlements.</td>

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          <td data-label="Method" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d20867e61 ">Full Update</td>

          <td data-label="When to Use IT" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d20867e64 ">
            <ul>
              <li>You create a store. </li>

              <li>You update 2,000 or more products.</li>

              <li>You modify <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_create_and_configure_a_product_set.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> product sets</a>.</li>

              <li>You turn on <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_einstein_enable_semantic_search.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> semantic search.</a></li>

              <li>You change <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_mark_fields.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> searchable fields</a>.</li>

              <li>You change <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_add_filters.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> results filters</a>.</li>

              <li>You change <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_manage_sort_options.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> sort rules</a>.</li>

              <li>You add a product that is <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_config_att_set.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> grouped by attribute </a>or switch the
                attribute that you are grouping by.</li>

              <li>You change <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_seo_friendly_urls.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> URL slugs</a></li>

              <li>You change <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_prod_cat_media_groups.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"> product media</a>.</li>

              <li>You change translations for picklist values used as search attributes.</li>

              <li>You haven’t updated your search index for more than 60 consecutive days. </li>

              <li>You update the supported languages for your store.</li>

            </ul>
          </td>

        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>

#### See Also

- [Update the Commerce Search Index](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_index_build.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Update your search index so that changes to your products appear on your search and category pages. You can manually update the index or turn on automatic system updates.")
- [Commerce Search Index Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_index_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before activating your B2B Commerce store, update your search index to enable shoppers to see products on your search and category pages. Also update the search index after you make changes to your store configuration or product catalog. If you only modify price books or price book entries, you don’t need to update the index unless you have a sort rule based on price. You can manually update your index or turn on automatic updates.")