How to search and filter products and variations in the PrestaShop database
There are many ways to search for a product or a variation, or to filter the display of products and variations shown in Merlin Backoffice.
It's worth knowing them well to use the most appropriate or fastest solution according to your current need.
This tutorial presents them all in detail, and more particularly the following two tools, available from Merlin version 1.5:
-Quick search
-Advanced filtering
Complete video tutorial for searching and filtering products and declinations (in French)
Each method is detailed and explained with examples:
- Prefiltering by category
- Quick search on a column
- Filter by column
- Search and select
- Pre-filters
- Pre-filter products common to several shops
- Pre-filtering on characteristics
- Quick search
- Advanced filtering
Increase the resolution to 720p if the video is too blurry, replay it in Auto if it freezes.
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