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title: Configure the Optimizely Search & Navigation search provider
slug: commerce-connect-14/docs/configuring-optimizely-find-search-provider
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createdAt: 2026-07-23T10:25:33.704Z
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The search provider is installed using the NuGet package `EPiServer.Commerce.FindSearchProvider`.

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**Note**
To get the maximum value out of Search & Navigation when developing visitor-facing features for your website, you should use the [Search & Navigation integration](docId\:AF6KDjN2KrXvE7Y9P3YNO) for Commerce Connect.

In CMS 12, `FindSearchProvider` is not used by default. Instead, `Episerver.Commerce.Find` is used for CMS and front-end commerce searches. `FindSearchProvider` and any other `SearchProvider` namespace is legacy `Mediachase` functionality that can generally be ignored.
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## Configuration steps

To configure the Optimizely Search & Navigation provider for Optimizely Commerce Connect, follow these steps.

1. Create an index at [find.optimizely.com.](http://find.optimizely.com/)
2. Go to the index's details page, and make a note of the values for serviceUrl and defaultIndex.
3. Setup `SearchOptions` in your `appsettings.json` file
4. Set the `DefaultSearchProvider` of the `SearchOptions` to `FindSearchProvider`.
5. Update `ServiceUrl` and `DefaultIndex` values to match the values from the index details page at [find.optimizely.com](http://find.optimizely.com/)

```csharp
"EPiServer:Find": {
          "DefaultIndex": "(set the defaultIndex here)",
          "ServiceUrl": "(set the serviceUrl here)"
        }
```

6. Ensure that the following item exists in the `SearchProviders` list of `SearchOptions`.

```csharp
{
          "Name": "FindSearchProvider",
          "Type": "EPiServer.Commerce.FindSearchProvider.FindSearchProvider, EPiServer.Commerce.FindSearchProvider",
          "Parameters": {
            "queryBuilderType": "EPiServer.Commerce.FindSearchProvider.FindSearchQueryBuilder, EPiServer.Commerce.FindSearchProvider",
            "simulateFaceting": "true"
          }
        }
```

Change the item in the indexers list of `SearchOptions` to use the appropriate index builder for the search service:

```csharp
"Indexers" : [
          {
            "Name" : "catalog",
            "Type" : "EPiServer.Commerce.FindSearchProvider.FindSearchIndexBuilder, EPiServer.Commerce.FindSearchProvider"
          }
        ]
```

7. Rebuild your search index from Commerce Connect Admin search interface.

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- **Notes**
  The Search & Navigation search provider for Commerce Connect matches only the basic query string against fields of type integer or string. While catalog meta-fields of type float, double, or decimal may be marked as **Include in Default Search** in the meta-field configuration interface, these fields are not matched against the basic query string.
- Other querying (filters, queries, or faceting against specific fields) functionality works on meta-fields of type float, double, or decimal.
- If you want to match against these data types from a basic query string, store the data in a string-typed meta-field, and mark that field as **Include in Default Search**.
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