--- schema_version: "1" id: ed37b0036626726edf79feedf8b04a3211e1abd2364d569766f55d9a31b5f673 title: Mark Product Fields as Searchable or Not Searchable for a B2B Commerce Store collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/commerce/264-0-0/comm_search_mark_fields.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_mark_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 054ce3da0a26acd8c50dec51c30304fd5151aa9b8386411385f938eb9126522c description: Marking fields as searchable helps the search engine index more content, improving search accuracy and relevance in you B2B Commerce store. Avoid marking fields as searchable if the fields contain sensitive information or provide generic data. products: - Commerce - B2B Commerce release: "264" --- # Mark Product Fields as Searchable or Not Searchable for a B2B Commerce Store Marking fields as searchable helps the search engine index more content, improving search accuracy and relevance in you B2B Commerce store. Avoid marking fields as searchable if the fields contain sensitive information or provide generic data. ### 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) When marking product fields as searchable or not searchable, keep these considerations in mind. - The Category Name, Product Name, SKU, Product Description, and Product Code fields are searchable by default. Except for SKU and Product Code, which are used as identifiers for SKU searches, you can change the default fields to not searchable. SKU and Product Code remain searchable even if marked not searchable because they're used as identifiers for SKU searches. - Category Name isn't shown in the list of searchable fields, but itʼs used in search queries by default. If you want to mark Category Name as not searchable, you can do so via an API request to the [Commerce Management Webstore Search, Searchable Attributes](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resources_commerce_webstore_search_attributes.htm) endpoint. - You can configure up to 25 searchable fields and 50 filterable fields by default. To configure a total of 100 searchable and filterable fields, contact Salesforce Customer Support. - With product variations, parent products and their fields aren’t searchable. - When using picklists, make sure to activate any picklist values before building the search index. ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-commerce-comm-264-0-0-production-enus/d863e308-482a-4dfa-8d20-2a94737d394a/images/icon_tip.png) Tip If you use field encryption, we recommend not encrypting product fields because that makes them not searchable. You can mark encrypted product fields as searchable, but encryption overrides the setting and they remain unsearchable. 1. In the navigation sidebar, select a store from the **Store** dropdown. 2. Select **Settings** | **Search**. 3. On the Searchable Fields tab, click **Manage Searchable Fields**. In the Manage Searchable Fields window, searchable fields are marked with ![Remove button](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-commerce-comm-264-0-0-production-enus/d863e308-482a-4dfa-8d20-2a94737d394a/comm/images/1cb2c_remove.png). Not searchable fields are marked with ![Add button](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-commerce-comm-264-0-0-production-enus/d863e308-482a-4dfa-8d20-2a94737d394a/comm/images/1cb2c_add.png). 4. To deselect a searchable field, click the ![Checkmark](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-commerce-comm-264-0-0-production-enus/d863e308-482a-4dfa-8d20-2a94737d394a/comm/images/1cb2c_remove.png). To make a field searchable, click ![Add button](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-commerce-comm-264-0-0-production-enus/d863e308-482a-4dfa-8d20-2a94737d394a/comm/images/1cb2c_add.png). 5. Save your changes. 6. On the Search Index tab, update the search index. Changes appear in the store after the next search index rebuild. See [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."). #### See Also - [Mark Products as Searchable or Not Searchable](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_mark_products.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After you create your initial search index, all products in the catalog are searchable by default. If you want to make a product not searchable, you can exclude it from search. You can change whether a product is searchable at any time.") - [Manage Product Search Filters for a B2B Store](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_add_filters.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Help customers narrow their search results by managing product search filters in B2B Commerce. Configure filters for standard product fields, such as price and product family, or variation attribute fields, such as size and color. Control how filter values appear to buyers by setting the sort order for each filter.") - [Configure How to Display Search Results](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_search_display_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Define how many values appear for each search filter and how many search results to show on a page. You can choose to skip additional entitlement checks, automatically select and display relevant facets, and group search results under parent products.") - [Deactivate and Reactivate Values](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.fields_deactivate_reactivate_values.htm&type=5&language=en_US) - [Search Data Limits](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/commerce/salesforce-commerce/guide/b2b-b2c-comm-data-model-search-limits.html)