What does the Online Store Manager Search Look For?

Along the top, right-hand corner of the Shift4Shop Online Store Manager, you will see a search bar.  This is the Admin's global search bar and it can be used to search for either orders, customer records or products.

When typing a customer's name or email address it will return the customer's record (via QuickSeach) and any orders associated to their record.  Furthermore, when searching a product keyword, it will return product(s) that share the search phrase.

This search bar is present on every single page of the Online Store Manager and can be used at any time.

Alternative Admin Search

The Online Store Manager also contains a search bar for specific pages that you might be viewing at a given time.  Typically, these search bars are located along the top left of the following pages:

• Products > Product List
  Search bar at the top of the product listings will return searches for products

• Orders > Manage Orders
  Search bar at the top will let you search specifically for orders based on the customer's name, email or invoice number

• Customers > Customer List
  Search bar at the top will let you search for customer records based on email or customer name

• Marketing > Promotion Manager
  Search at the top will allow you to search for Promotions by name

• Marketing > Autoresponders
  Search bar at the top will let you search for Autoresponder campaigns by name

• Marketing > Newsletters
  Search Bar at the top will let you search for Newsletter by name.

• Marketing > Group Certificates
  Search Bar at the top will allow you to search for Certificate Campaigns by name

• Content > Blog
  Search will let you search for Blog articles by name

• Settings > Distributor
  Search for distributors by name

• Settings > Manufacturers
  Search for manufacturer records in your store by Name or website (if entered)

• Settings > Design > Themes & Styles
  Search available themes by name

• Settings > Store Language
  Search the entire store's language settings by Area, Label or Text

• Settings > Payment | Gift Certificates
  Search allows you to find gift certificates by code, date created (mm/dd/yyyy), and amounts.

• Modules
  Use the search bar along the top to find Modules by name.

Store Admin Search Indexing

Stores with a very large database of orders, customer records, and products may experience slower searches in the Online Store Manager due to the sheer amount of data that the admin needs to search through.

Because of this, your Shift4Shop store has an option in the store settings to index your internal Online Store Manager pages and help make searches more responsive. To enable this setting, use the following steps:

1. Log into your Shift4Shop Online Store Manager.

2. Using the left navigation menu, go to Settings > General > Store Settings.

3. Next, click on the General tab.

4. Look toward the left side of the page and you will see a checkbox labeled "Store Admin Search Indexing."

5. Place a mark in the checkbox and click Save at the top right of the page.

Once the setting is saved, click on the Rebuild Index page to manually have the store build the index for internal searches.