Hello!

I suggest adding an option to search by product code/ID.

That would be very convenient for us.

Thanks!

Guy



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Hello Guy, can you elaborate - where is this in the admin somewhere, or on the customer side?
You should be able to search by product ID, but maybe you mean somewhere else.
Thanks,
David

Hello David,

I would like this option on the user side.

This page by example : https://www.lineaire.ca/search.php

Thanks!

Guy



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An other example, we have a new product with the ID "LUM". A search returns 157 results...

We often give product ID to our customers over the phone so they can search for it.

It also happens very often that we search for a product via the ID to check if it already is in our database.

We use our suppliers' SKU.

Guy



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Ok, so your issue is not search by product ID, because that works.
What you are after is search ONLY by product ID.

What's happening is you have many product with "Lumina" in the name and with the search looking at Product ID's and product names, it's pulling those as well.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea and how it will impact customers searching for products on your site, but there are some settings to limit what is searched,.

quote:

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Streamlining / refining search results

You can use these parameters to refine or streamline what columns in the products database table are searched...

$nosearchdescription=TRUE;

$nosearchlongdescription=TRUE;

$nosearchsku=TRUE;

$nosearchparams=TRUE;

$nosearchprodid=TRUE; // (v7.2.1+)

$nosearcharticles=TRUE; // (v7.2.6+)

---

Set the ones in red there and I expect it will behave the way you want. However, it may not work well for your customers.

If it's just for you - clone the search page and name it something only you know, so customers do not see it.
In the head, set a noindex so search engines do not index the page.
In the body, just before the inc/incsearch.php call, place those parameters so they work for that page only.
Then bookmark that page for your own personal use only.

Thanks,
David

if you need it for customers, maybe add a unique number or code to each product search terms - then give them that number instead of the product id.
When I talk to customers, I do not always give them the product ID - sometimes I give them something that is unique to that product - maybe in the product name - then they get a more focused result.

Thanks,
David

I think that there should be an option in the drop down menu to search by product ID only.

Guy



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Ok, that's a good suggestion.

Thanks,
David