Confirm Supported Methods for Category-Constrained Search

[William Davis]

Objective:
I need to confirm the supported and recommended ways to implement a category-constrained search experience (e.g., “search within Cannon”), without relying on undocumented behavior or theme-specific hacks.

Context:
I’m trying to definitively confirm how Miva handles category-constrained searches at the platform level.

Tests performed:

Global search:
…/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH&Search=50mm

Attempted category-constrained search:
…/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH&Search=50mm&Category_Code =Cannon

Result:
Both URLs return identical results. The Category_Code parameter appears to be ignored by the SRCH screen.

Questions:

1. Is this expected behavior for the standard SRCH screen?
2. Does SRCH support category scoping via URL parameters at all?
3. If not, is the intended / supported pattern:
   1. SRCH for global search, and
   2. CTGY (Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=…) for category-scoped discovery?
4. Are there any documented or supported approaches (without custom search engines or third-party modules) to implement “search within a category”?

I’m specifically looking to confirm what is supported vs unsupported so I can design around platform reality rather than assumptions.

[Nick]

William Davis Miva does not support category specific search results. The best way to do this would be to have a facet containing the category code so that the results can be filtered by that field.

I responded to your other post with more information that might be of assistance.

https://www.miva.com/forums/forum/on...113#post725113

[William Davis]

William Davis Miva does not support category specific search results. The best way to do this would be to have a facet containing the category code so that the results can be filtered by that field.

I responded to your other post with more information that might be of assistance.

https://www.miva.com/forums/forum/on...113#post725113

Thanks!