Faceted navigation is a core capability of Elevate, designed to improve product discovery and streamline the shopping experience. It allows shoppers to filter products by attributes such as price, brand, color, size, and more — helping them quickly narrow their choices and find relevant items faster.
Facets act as filters that reduce friction in the customer journey and create a more intuitive, user-friendly interface. What distinguishes Elevate is the extensive customization it offers. As a retailer, you can tailor filters to align with the complexity and structure of your catalogs, resulting in faster, more relevant experiences — and ultimately, higher conversion rates and customer satisfaction.
Requirements
Facets derives from the attributes defined in your product feed. This includes both standard and custom fields.
Ensure your feed includes all relevant data you want to expose as facets. Refer to the Admin API documentation for detailed steps on importing and formatting your product feed.
Facet Configurator access
All users can access the Facet Configurator to view existing settings. However, only users with the correct permissions can make edits in the view.
To enable editing rights for a user in the application:
- Go to the Admin tab and select the desired user.
- In the user profile, navigate to the Experience section.
- Enable the Can edit global facet configuration permission.
- Click Save to confirm changes.
- Refresh the application for the updated permission to take effect.
Facet workflow overview
A typical facet configuration in Elevate follows a layered and centralized approach:
1. Facet Configurator
Defines all available facets across all markets and sets default properties such as display type, sort order, and units.
2. Defaults Settings
These are market-specific and apply to all pages with a primary product list and the search results page, forming the base configuration.
3. Pages
All pages — whether individual pages with primary lists or the search results page — will use the Default Settings by default.
4. Overrides
Overrides can be applied to:
- Individual Pages with Primary Lists
- Autocomplete & Search Settings
Overrides can also be applied within the Default Settings, but only at the individual facet level—for example, to change the sort order of values for a specific facet.
When used, overrides take precedence in their specific context — allowing for flexibility while maintaining overall consistency.
Facet Configurator
Location: Experience > Pages > Settings > Facet Settings
Access: See the Facet Configurator Access section above.
This is the source of truth for facet definitions across the application.
Note: You can override settings for specific product areas as needed, without impacting the facets configured in the Facet Configurator.
Behavior:
- Save & Publish applies changes to all markets.
- Modifications (e.g., display type, sort, unit ) update all non-overridden instances.
- Removing a facet deletes it from the entire application. This action will impact:
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- Default Settings
- Individual Pages with Primary Lists
- Autocomplete & Search Settings
- Adding a facet makes it available across the entire application.
Understanding Facet Usage
The Used column shows how many times a facet is currently configured across the system. This includes:
- Default settings
- Autocomplete & Search Settings
- Individual pages with overrides
It helps you understand how widely a facet is used before making changes like editing or deleting it.
Facet availability
Facet availability is determined by the attributes present in your product feed.
If a facet is marked as Missing, it means the corresponding attribute was previously configured but is no longer available in the current feed. Should the attribute reappear, the facet will automatically return to an Active state within the Facet Configurator.
Missing facets can be deleted if they are no longer needed.
Make sure to add and configure only relevant attributes that merchandisers are likely to use as facets when working with Pages, Slices, and other features.
Facet types & properties
For full configuration options, refer to the Schema Documentation.
| Type | Display As | Sort | Unit | Attributes |
| Boolean | Checkbox | n/a | n/a | in stock |
| Measurement | Range | n/a | mm, cm, dm, m, in, ft, yd, ml, cl, dl, l, oz, gal, mg, g, hg, kg, lb | length, width, height, depth, volume, weight, customLengths |
| Value | Values | Alphabetic, Relevance | n/a | brand, department, pattern, name, series, gender, age, customLabels |
| Range | Range | n/a | n/a | price, items, rating, customNumbers |
| Color | Color | n/a | n/a | color (e.g. red, blue, green) |
| Size | Size | Alphabetic | n/a | size (e.g. S, M, L, 36, 38, 40) with automatic size cleaning |
Facet usage contexts
Default Settings
Location: Experience > Pages > Settings > Default Settings > Primary product list > Facets
Defines default facets used across all primary list pages and the search result page — unless specifically overridden.
Autocomplete & Search
Location: Experience > Pages > Settings > Autocomplete & Search > Search Result Page > Override Facets
Overrides default facets for search results only. Use to provide more relevant filters based on user intent.
Per Page Primary List
Location: Experience > Pages > Category & Landing pages > [Page] > Primary List Settings > Override Facets
Provides fine-grained control by overriding facets for individual pages.
Integration
For detailed guidance, refer to the API documentation., which covers key topics such as:
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On-site Visibility
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Storefront API Integration
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Preview & Testing
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Implementation Examples
Explore these resources to ensure a smooth and effective integration process.
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