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Romain Ruaud edited this page Jun 6, 2016 · 2 revisions

Virtual Categories

ElasticSuite allows you to create Virtual Categories : They are categories based on rules.

A Virtual Category will display all products matching the rule you have defined. The engine will automatically refresh products matching the selection in Front-Office and will prevent you from having to re-assign products manually.

Configure a virtual category.

On a category edit page, you can access the Merchandising tab. Please not this tab only appear on existing categories. You will not see the Merchandising tab when creating a category.

Then you have some options to configure :

Virtual Categories

Parameter Required Description
Virtual category Yes Yes : Will show up the rule form to define the category's rules.
No (standard behavior) : Category will display the products associated in the "Category products" tab.
Virtual rule Yes This fieldset let you configure the rule to associate with this category.
Virtual category root No This field let you choose a category to map your virtual category on. Virtual category products will be contextualized related to this category. The filters displayed in Front-Office will too.