Show Orderable Products Only

You can configure products so that only products that are available for order show in your storefront search results.

You can control if a product appears in a search result when it's unavailable (ATS=0). Use the Searchable If Unavailable product attribute setting to control search results on a product-by-product basis.

Use the Show Orderable Products Only search preference to control at the site-level if unavailable products appear in search results. You can also use the Search API pipelet Show Orderable Products Only parameter and the dw.catalog.ProductSearchModel to programmatically override both the site-level and product-level settings.

Note: To use this feature, the corresponding site must be configured to use the Availability Search Index.

The Searchable If Unavailable product attribute is defined and can be viewed by selecting Administration > Site Development > System Object Types > Product > Attribute Definitions.

If this attribute isn't defined, Salesforce B2C Commerce uses the site preference as the default behavior.
If this attribute is set to Yes, the product appears in the search results even if it's unavailable.
If this attribute is set to No, the product does not appear in the search results if it isn't available.

You can edit this attribute on the product page and via bulk editing (Update/Delete Product attribute > attribute selection). You can use this attribute for an advanced product search (Search Result > By Attribute). You can import and export this setting (searchable-if-unavailable-flag) in catalog.xsd.

Examples

Here are some examples:

Products	Site search Preference	Results
Example 1 - Out-of-stock products appear in search results
Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag has two colors Black and Brown; color Brown is out-of-stock Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag has one color Cognac; color Cognac is out-of-stock	Show orderable products only is set to No.	When the customer searches for bags, B2C Commerce shows: Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag in the colors Black and Brown Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag in the color Cognac
Example 2 - Out-of-stock products don't appear in search results
Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag has two colors Black and Brown; color Brown is out-of-stock Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag has one color Cognac; color Cognac is out-of-stock	Show orderable products only is set to Yes.	When the customer searches for bags, B2C Commerce shows: Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag in the color Black
Example 3 - Out-of-stock products don't appear in search results for some products
Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag has two colors Black and Brown; color Brown is out-of-stock Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag has one color Cognac; color Cognac is out-of-stock	Show orderable products only if set to Yes. For product Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag, attribute Searchable If Unavailable is set to Yes (on base product level). For product Women's B-Flaps Shoulder Bag, attribute Searchable If Unavailable is undefined.	When the customer searches for bags, B2C Commerce shows: Men's Leather Luggage Fisherman Bag in the colors Black and Brown
Example 4 - Using new attribute to remove discontinued product from search
Women's Silver Cloud Bracelet is out-of-stock and back-ordered Women's Wrap Bracelet is out-of-stock and discontinued	Show orderable products only if set to No. Searchable If Unavailable is undefined for both products.	When the customer searches for bracelet, B2C Commerce shows: Women's Silver Cloud Bracelet Women's Wrap Bracelet
	Show orderable products only is set to No. User sets Searchable If Unavailable to No for product Women's Wrap Bracelet, and then rebuilds the product search index.	When the customer searches for gps,B2C Commerce shows: Women's Silver Cloud Bracelet
Example 5 - In-Store-Only products
Women's New Rain Handbag is only sold in stores, but merchandised on the web site. Product has no inventory on the website. The custom attribute In-Store Only is set to Yes for product Women's New Rain Handbag. Custom code is in place to show a message for products flagged as In-Store Only.	Show orderable products only is set to Yes.	When the customer searches for bags,B2C Commerce shows: Women's New Rain Handbag The customer clicks the product to navigate to the product details page and a message appears: "In-store only!"