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Magento 2 Elasticsearch Autocomplete | How to Set Up

Did you know that the Elasticsearch autocomplete search feature that can be integrated with Magento 2?

This offers faster and more accurate search results.

Although Magento 2 comes with a basic search functionality that uses MySQL as the search engine by default, we can use Elasticsearch as an alternative. This results in improved performance and advanced features like autocomplete.

Let’s take a look at how to set up Elasticsearch autocomplete in Magento 2:

1. First, we have to install and configure Elasticsearch on your server.
2. Then, it is time to install the Elasticsearch module for Magento 2 with this command:

   composer require magento/module-elasticsearch
3. Next, head to Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog > Catalog Search to configure Elasticsearch as the search engine for Magento 2.
4. After that, set the Search Engine option to Elasticsearch 7.0+.
5. At this point we have to head to Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog > Catalog Search to configure Elasticsearch autocomplete.
6. Then, we must set the Enable Search Suggestions option to Yes in order to enable autocomplete.
7. Next, we have to set the Search Suggestion Count option to the number of suggestions we want to display in the autocomplete dropdown.
8. Then, set the Minimum Search Query Length option to the minimum number of characters a user has to enter before displaying the autocomplete suggestions.
9. Finally, save the configuration settings and clear the Magento 2 cache with this command:

   bin/magento cache:clean

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Conclusion

To sum up, our Support Techs demonstrated how to set up Magento 2 Elasticsearch Autocomplete.