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Sitecore Search - Initial Setup

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Published: 2023-08-08

The following is a step-by-step guide on the first items to be configured using the newly created Sitecore Search Sandbox.

Access to the management tool

While logged in, click on the bottom item in the menu on the left side to display the Administrator Tools. Clicking on it will switch to the screen as shown below.

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On the screen, you will see the Domain Settings icon with a To Do icon. In the initial setup, you will need to set a minimum number of items in Domain Settings, so click on Tools to open it.

Initial settings

If you look at the administration screen, you will see that several To Do icons are displayed for items in the settings.

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Click the Edit button to the right of the first item, Attribute Template, to open the dialog.

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Two templates are provided, but since we will be using this template to search the website, select Generic Vertical Spec for Content and click the Save button in the upper right corner.

Once set, you will see the To-Do icon disappear.

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Enable "Locale" settings, this time for the two languages Japanese and English (U.S.). Also check "Enable Locale Settings" to enable it. The following is the screen shot of the completed settings.

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Next, configure the "Websites Connected To This Domain" settings. Here, there is a "Domain is used for" section that allows you to select Production / non-production / sandbox. Also, give the Environment a name that is easy to understand.

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Finally, open "Activate Domain & Other Settings." Here you will be able to use this search functionality.

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All required settings have now been configured. In this situation, click on the Publish button in the upper right corner to activate the settings.

Summary

In this article, I have introduced the first step of the setup process to be done after the Search instance is ready. There are some optional items, but we will start with the minimum setup and move on to the next step.

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