Configure Catalog boundaries to prevent unbound exceptions

The catalog subsystem defines business object values for product search results. The default values are defined in the xml/config/com.ibm.commerce.catalog/wc-admin-component.xml file. Limit controls are disabled by default. We can enable it by changing the values to meet your business needs.

Procedure

1. Open the xml/config/component-id/wc-admin-component.xml file. The default values are shown in the following code snippet:

   <_config:extendedconfiguration>
        <_config:configgrouping name="ProductSearchThreshold">
             <_config:property name= "defaultPageSize" value = "10" />
             <_config:property name= "maxPageSize" value = "0" />
             <_config:property name= "maxResultSize" value = "0" />
        </_config:configgrouping>
   </_config:extendedconfiguration>

   where:

   ProductSearchThreshold

   defaultPageSize

   The number of catalog products displayed on the storefront when no paging parameters are passed.

   maximumPageSize

   The maximum number of catalog products displayed on a page in the storefront. The default value is 0, denoting unlimited limits. If you do not need to control the limit on catalog search results, we can leave the value as 0.

   maximumResultSize

   The maximum number of catalog products retrieved from the database, pertaining to a search criteria. Default is 0, denoting unlimited limits. If you do not need to control the limit on catalog search results, we can leave the value as 0.

2. Save and close the file.

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Business Object thresholds

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