Product indexing

Learn how the indexing works with the Algolia Salesforce B2C Commerce cartridge.

The int_algolia cartridge keeps your site’s data in sync with Algolia.

Concepts

• B2C object

  A business object of any B2C class such as Product, Pricebook, ProductInventoryList, or ProductInventoryRecord. A Product object has built-in and custom attributes, such as ID, name, shortDescription, or longDescription.

• Algolia product record

  The JSON product object stored in the Algolia index. It has a different structure to that of a B2C Product object and contains all relevant data you configure the jobs to export, such as price, in_stock. Some of these attributes are simple values and some are more complex, see Indexing attributes.

Overview of the indexing jobs

• AlgoliaProductIndex_v2

  Performs a full catalog update.

• AlgoliaProductDeltaIndex_v2

  Performs delta updates on your Algolia product records using the B2C Delta Export feature. For more information, see Ongoing indexing.

• AlgoliaProductPriceIndex_v2

  Updates price information for all your Algolia products. For more details, see Price and inventory data index jobs.

• AlgoliaProductInventoryIndex_v2

  Updates inventory information for all your Algolia products. For more details, see Price and inventory data index jobs.

• AlgoliaCategoryIndex_v2

  Updates your category indices.

What data does the cartridge send?

For details on which attributes get indexed by default and how to extend them, see Indexing attributes.

Indexing performance

To learn more about optimizing indexing performance, see Performance considerations.