Manage faceted navigation attributes in categories

We can manage attribute dictionary faceted navigation attributes in categories to control how facets are displayed at a category level. Managing faceted navigation attributes in categories enables changing the attributes display sequence, and assigning attributes to display or hide in category pages. Managing faceted navigation attributes in categories ensures that customers see only the appropriate facets. That is, those facets that are most effective for targeting and comparing similar products within a category.

For example, shoppers that are browsing categories see all facets that apply to the products under that particular category by default. Facets are displayed on the page in the order that is configured in the facet property field Sequence. We can override the default order at the category level. For example, size displayed in a televisions category as the first facet, and color displayed first in an appliances category.

We can also exclude specific facets from displaying in a category to shoppers, depending on your business needs.

Procedure

1. Open the Catalogs tool.

2. From the explorer tree or list view, go to the category we want to assign faceted navigation attributes.

3. Show faceted navigation attributes for categories by using one of these methods:

   • From the Management Center menu:

     1. Click View > Show Facets, or right-click on the category and click Show Facets.

   • From the Management Center toolbar:

     1. Click the

        Facets icon"/>Show Facets icon.

   The category facets list displays. This display might take some time to complete, as a delta (partial) search index update is performed when retrieving the facet data.

4. Update the following category facet property fields:

   Property	Description
   Sequence	Specifies the order in which attributes are displayed in the storefront. Numbers are displayed in ascending order. We can update the default sequence values to change the order in which the facets appear in the storefront. The sequence is ascending by table row by default.
   Display to customers	Specifies attributes that are displayed in the category as a facet in the left sidebar. We can select the check box beside each facet we want displayed in the category, or clear the check box to hide facets from being displayed in the category. The check box is selected by default.

   The following read-only properties are displayed for reference:

   Property	Description
   Name	The name of the attribute. This field is language-sensitive.
   Description	A short description for the attribute. This field is language-sensitive.
   Maximum facet values to display	The maximum number of facet values that are displayed in the storefront. Note: This field is hidden by default. To display this field, right-click the headers and click Configure Columns. In the Column Selector, select Maximum facet values to display and click OK.
   Values	The values of the faceted navigation attribute with the total number of products that are displayed in brackets.

5. Click Save; then click Close.