Playgound

Playground is a testing environment where you can manage how search results and category pages should behave on your live site.

Playground brings together three key elements:

• Effects By setting different Effects you can control how products are sorted, filtered, or highlighted. They determine which products appear first, what filters are available, and how relevance is calculated.

• Business rules & Inheritance Define rules that influence how search works, such as boosting certain products or adjusting rankings based on specific conditions. These rules can be inherited across different levels, ensuring consistency while allowing for flexibility when needed.

• Experience Acts as a setup where you define when changes should apply. This is done by setting conditions, such as targeting a specific category or customer segment. Within an Experience, different Effects are applied to shape the search experience.

By using Playground, you can test and refine Business Rules, Experiences, and Effects before applying them to your live site. This ensures that search results align with both business priorities and customer expectations while providing a clear and structured way to manage search behavior.