SXA Search- tips for troubleshooting and fix

Open the browser and get the SXA query -

The query will look like this -

{
   "endpoint":"//sxa/search/results/",
   "v":"{224530AA-968E-49AB-84B1-AFA3BB52A589}",
   "s":"{3758B0CF-81A6-4DD3-AF1F-9F27A13740D5}",
   "l":"",
   "p":2,
   "defaultSortOrder":"Title,Ascending",
   "sig":"dd",
   "itemid":"{9DF8EC39-57F4-48B4-A2A4-0F13BEF66C63}",
   "autoFireSearch":true
}

this query will be generated based on the scope items and settings like sort order etc.

Now,  check the solr logs -

Path - Your solr root directory/server/logs

Generate the SOLR query and try in Solr admin panel.

Example -

https://localhost:8983/solr/xp930_sxa_master_index/select?q=_template%3A(f6357da575384e9d8caaaa08fd345f5e)

Compare the data, in this example, I fund that the query was searhing for "searchable_b":true, but the actual data was "searchable_b":false,

The problem is that the

"searchable_b":false is false and the query is expecting it "searchable_b":true

Solution - by default all pages under home are searchable and for data items, basically we need to perform two things.

1. Add the _Searchable base template -

2. Go to settings and add the associated content.

Here is the result -

1. Before changes -

2. After changes -

Please let me know if you have any issue in SXA search-related components. I will happy to help :)