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Triggers in search rules
The Customer Submits Search trigger is always used when creating search rules using the Search Rule Builder. It indicates that a customer has entered and submitted search terms in the storefront.
The following table describes the Customer Submits Search trigger. Click the trigger to get details and an example.
Trigger | What triggers the rule to start or continue |
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A customer searches for something in your store. All search rules start with the Customer Submits Search trigger. |
Phrases (multiple term support)
The following scenarios are supported by default
for multiple phrases as search terms:
- Search rules containing the
starts with
,ends with
, orcontains
matching rules do not support phrases. To enable phrase support for these operators, you must customize WebSphere Commerce search to meet your business requirements. - Search rule triggers containing phrases (multiple words space delimited not surrounded with quotation marks) are treated as exact matches. Do not include quotation marks for exact matches in triggers.