Which settings are handled by the Shopify integration and which by the Algolia dashboard?

When enabled in our Shopify integration, each data type—products, collections, pages, and articles—controls a different set of indexing settings.

Products

• searchableAttributes
  • unordered(vendor)
  • unordered(title)
  • unordered(variant_title)
  • product_type
  • unordered(tags)
  • unordered(handle)
  • sku
  • barcode
  • unordered(body_html_safe)
• customRanking
  • desc(recently_ordered_count)
  • asc(option1)
  • asc(option2)
  • asc(option3)
  • desc(updated_at)
• attributesForFaceting
• attributesToSnippet
• removeWordsIfNoResults

Collections

• searchableAttributes
  • title
  • handle
  • unordered(body_html_safe)
• customRanking
  • desc(products_count)
• attributesToSnippet
  • body_html_safe
• removeWordsIfNoResults

Pages

• searchableAttributes
  • author
  • body_html
  • title
• customRanking
  • desc(created_at)

Articles

• searchableAttributes
  • title
  • handle
  • tags
  • blog.title
  • blog.handle
  • unordered(author.name)
  • unordered(body_html_safe)
• customRanking
  • desc(created_at)
• attributesForFaceting
• attributesToSnippet
  • body_html_safe
• removeWordsIfNoResults

You can manage any setting missing from this list through the Algolia dashboard, including:

• Relevance settings
• Synonyms
• Query suggestions
• Advanced Rules (return custom data, transform query, etc.)

If you use the bundled front-end widgets, the integration configures:

• Facets/filters (via attributesForFaceting)
• Sort orders
• Click Analytics

You can configure merchandising either through the Algolia dashboard or via the Shopify integration.

Note:

Any setting you apply in the Algolia dashboard overwrites settings that the Shopify integration sets during the first installation. Once updated, the Shopify integration continues to use settings from the Algolia dashboard, even after a reindex or index prefix change.
The exception to this are the attributesForFaceting settings and the sort orders for the products index. Updating the facets or sort orders from within the Shopify application updates these settings for the index.

Last reviewed 16-11-22.