The catalog search feature enables you to implement a search feature for your customers. By adding a simple interface to your site, you provide your customers an additional way to locate your products. This might help close a sale where the customer may otherwise have been unable to navigate to the product they were looking for.
The catalog search functionality is implemented by a databean which generates SQL queries against the database. These queries can perform simple searches based on string combinations, or more powerful searches based on Boolean expressions. The search is capable of searching rich attributes as well. Furthermore, the catalog search feature underlies the Product Advisor's base search space format.