3. Setup: After products are imported
To make your online store both beautiful and functional, you need to set up the AI search properly. This guide will help achieve a professional look.
FAQ: First make sure that you’ve followed both guides; necessary settings in M:AI and quick start to integrate M:AI.`
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Logged into M:AI admin, go to Products > Variants.
Select the tab “Ecommerce variants”.
Check if you have multiple variants with the name "Color" or something similar. Also, look for several variants with the name "Size" or something similar.
Now select the tab “Search variants” and check if you have several variants with the same or similar names there as well.
If it looks correct (you only have one of each name), go back to tab “Ecommerce variants” and find variants with similar names.
On each Ecommerce variant name called “Color” (or similar), click Edit > Attach to search variants.
Repeat this step for each Ecommerce variant with the same or similar name so they are attached to the same Search variant ie. “Color”.
In this example, we have three Ecommerce variants named “Color” (id: 27, 28, 29). They are linked to one Search variant also called “Color” (id: 1):
See manual for detailed help on Products: Variants.
Default layout type are checkboxes. For each variant template you want to change layout on and display it in another way:
Select tab “Search variants”.
For colors, find all rows with “Color” > Edit template > Set Layout “Color”. Click Update.
Repeat it for variants you want displayed as Buttons or External images.
Detailed help how to change layout to checkboxes, external images, color, button. See layout types →
Some filters aren’t variants, then layout type is setup in Layout > Filter settings.
Logged into M:AI dashboard, go to Brands.
If you want to display your brands as External images, then add an image to each brand. Otherwise we suggest displaying brands as buttons if you have up to 8 brands, else we suggest you display them as Checkboxes.
See manual for detailed help on Brands: List + Edit a brand.
Logged into M:AI dashboard, go to Categories.
Make sure that your categories have been correctly imported and that the sort order is correct as well as the nesting of both main and sub categories.
See manual for detailed help on Categories: List + Edit a category.
Logged into M:AI dashboard, go to Stock statuses.
If you want to display your stock statuses as Colors, then add a color to each stock status. Otherwise we suggest displaying stock statuses as Checkboxes.
See manual for detailed help on Stock statuses: List + Edit a stock status.
Setup popular search words or sentences, set sort order and which sorting options to display.
See manual for detailed help on Search settings.
A synonym is a word that has nearly the same or the same meaning as another word.
How to setup your synonyms are explained in Synonyms: List + Edit a synonym.
To make sure you AI search looks the best you need to configure each filter and add an URL to your logo etc.
See manual for detailed help on How to configure the filters and layout.
FAQ: First make sure that you’ve followed both guides; necessary settings in M:AI and quick start to integrate M:AI.`
P.S. We describe the Premium plan unless otherwise stated.
Continue with these settings
Variants
Logged into M:AI admin, go to Products > Variants.
1. Join several matching Ecommerce variants into one
Select the tab “Ecommerce variants”.
Check if you have multiple variants with the name "Color" or something similar. Also, look for several variants with the name "Size" or something similar.
Now select the tab “Search variants” and check if you have several variants with the same or similar names there as well.
If it looks correct (you only have one of each name), go back to tab “Ecommerce variants” and find variants with similar names.
On each Ecommerce variant name called “Color” (or similar), click Edit > Attach to search variants.
Repeat this step for each Ecommerce variant with the same or similar name so they are attached to the same Search variant ie. “Color”.
In this example, we have three Ecommerce variants named “Color” (id: 27, 28, 29). They are linked to one Search variant also called “Color” (id: 1):
See manual for detailed help on Products: Variants.
2. Set layout / search mode on each Search variant
Default layout type are checkboxes. For each variant template you want to change layout on and display it in another way:
Select tab “Search variants”.
For colors, find all rows with “Color” > Edit template > Set Layout “Color”. Click Update.
Repeat it for variants you want displayed as Buttons or External images.
Detailed help how to change layout to checkboxes, external images, color, button. See layout types →
Some filters aren’t variants, then layout type is setup in Layout > Filter settings.
Brands
Logged into M:AI dashboard, go to Brands.
If you want to display your brands as External images, then add an image to each brand. Otherwise we suggest displaying brands as buttons if you have up to 8 brands, else we suggest you display them as Checkboxes.
See manual for detailed help on Brands: List + Edit a brand.
Categories
Logged into M:AI dashboard, go to Categories.
Make sure that your categories have been correctly imported and that the sort order is correct as well as the nesting of both main and sub categories.
See manual for detailed help on Categories: List + Edit a category.
Stock statuses
Logged into M:AI dashboard, go to Stock statuses.
If you want to display your stock statuses as Colors, then add a color to each stock status. Otherwise we suggest displaying stock statuses as Checkboxes.
See manual for detailed help on Stock statuses: List + Edit a stock status.
Search settings
Setup popular search words or sentences, set sort order and which sorting options to display.
See manual for detailed help on Search settings.
Synonyms
A synonym is a word that has nearly the same or the same meaning as another word.
How to setup your synonyms are explained in Synonyms: List + Edit a synonym.
Layout
To make sure you AI search looks the best you need to configure each filter and add an URL to your logo etc.
See manual for detailed help on How to configure the filters and layout.
Updated on: 24/01/2025