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Article Number Settings

Available with ecommerce search

This is a Product Search feature, available only on ecommerce (Content + Product Search) projects. To use it, explore ecommerce search, start a trial, or contact support.

Article Number Settings control which product attributes act as article or SKU numbers and how those numbers are matched against a query. Find them under Search Settings → Article Number Settings.

Article Number Attribute​

Select the concept or attribute to use for article-number matching — for example sku, sxIdentifierAttribute, or sxGroupIdentifierAttribute. You can add more than one entry, each with its own matching rules.

Match Logic​

Choose whether a query must match the full article number or may match part of it:

  • Full — the query must match the entire article number.
  • Partial — the query can match part of the article number, controlled by the options below.

When Partial is selected:

  • Type of Partial Match — where the match is anchored:
    • Smart defaults (with separators) — split the article number on separators and match the resulting parts.
    • Beginning — match from the start of the article number.
    • Ending — match from the end of the article number.
    • Anywhere — match any part of the article number.
  • Min. Matching Characters — the minimum number of characters a query must share with the article number to count as a match (for example, 3).

Stop Condition​

Control when the search stops after it finds article-number matches:

  • After Full Match — stops searching after finding a full or close number match.
  • After Any Match — stops searching after finding a full or partial match.
  • Never — continues searching across all fields, including article number, title, and description.

New Article Number Search​

The Enable New Article Number Search toggle on the General tab turns on the updated article-number search engine that these settings configure.