Historical Reports: Search and Navigation
The Business Manager Analytics reports are retired. As of January 1, 2021, the reports are no longer populated.
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Salesforce B2C Commerce storefront search reporting is case-insensitive, providing an accurate view of the frequency of search terms.
For example, jeans and Jeans are tracked as the same search term. With case-sensitivity, they would be tracked as separate terms, when they are not. Another example is for terms such as iPad and iPhone, where the second letter is capitalized. Customers might or might not enter the correct capitalization. By reporting search behavior using case-insensitivity, you can accurately monitor all searches, regardless of spelling, for all types of products.
Top Search Terms Report
The Top Search Terms report provides an overview of the total searches, with and without results. In addition to these total numbers, the report provides a detailed view of the top search phrases, with and without results. From a business point of view, this report gives you an idea of what your customers are looking for in your storefront, and whether or not their searches are satisfactory.
| Data | Definition |
|---|---|
| Searches with Results | Percentage of searches that returned one or more results. |
| Unique Search Phrases with Results | Total number of unique search phrases within the total searches that returned one or more results. |
| Searches without Results | Percentage of searches that returned no results. |
| Unique Search Phrases without Results | Total number of unique search phrases within the total searches that returned no results. |
The summary shows:
- Total Searches
- Searches with Results (# and %)
- Unique Search Phrases with Results
- Searches without Results (# and %)
- Unique Search Phrases without Results
Search phrases with Results
This section lists the top search phrases requested by customers and provides information on the number of times the search was launched, and the percentage of the total searches with results over the selected time period. This shows search phrases by count and percentage.
Search phrases without Results
This section lists the top search phrases requested by customers (for which there were no returned hits) and provides information on the number of times the search was launched, and the percentage of the total searches without results over the selected time period. This shows search phrases by count and percentage.
Search Engine Hits Report
The Search Engine Hits report provides an overview of the total external searches that led to your site, including the number of unique search phrases, and the unique count of external search engines. From a business perspective, this report helps you identify which phrases and search engines are driving traffic to your site.
| Data | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unique External Search Phrases | Total number of unique external search phrases that led to the site. |
| Unique Count of External Search Engines | Total number of unique external search engines that led to the site. |
The summary shows:
- Total External Searches
- Unique External Search Phrases
- Count of External Search Engines
Search phrases
The search phrases list shows you the top search phrases requested by customers, the number of times the search led a visitor to your store, and the percentage of the total searches over the selected time period. The data shows:
- Search phrases
- Count
- Percent total
Search Engines
The search engines list shows the top search engines leading visitors to your store, the number of times the search engine led a visitor to your store, and the percentage of the total leads from search engines over the selected time period. The data shows:
- Search phrases
- Count
- Percent total
Search Conversion Report
The Search Conversion report can help you refine your search and product set to match search words and increase the conversion rate. If the conversion rate of visits with searches and results is the highest, you can place the search feature more prominently in the storefront to entice customers to use it.
Visits are classifies into these categories:
| Data | Definition |
|---|---|
| All visits | business data from all visits without filtering or sorting. |
| With Searches and Results | All visits having at least one search operation that returned a result. |
| With Searches and No Results | All visits having only search operations that did not return a result. |
| Without Searches | All visits without any search operations. |
This grouping doesn't use the number of orders per visit as a classification criterion. The order numbers are only reported to determine if a group leads to better or worse order behavior. This report doesn't build a relationship between the search and its results and the ordered items.
This report can help you to tune your search, or to tune your product set to match search words, and increase the conversion rate. If the conversion rate of visits with searches and results is the highest, you can also try to convince people to use search more often by placing the search feature more prominently.
This report tracks:
- Visits
- Order conversion
- Total orders
- Average merchandise total per order
- Average merchandise total per visit
For the following:
- All visits
- With searches and results
- With searches and no results
- Without searches
Conversion of Search Phrases with Results
This section lists the search words used in visits with at least one search with a search result. It doesn't necessarily mean that the search result actually contributed to the purchase decision. The section contains:
- The search phrases as entered by the customer.
- The number of search operations
- The total orders
- The merchandise total of all orders during visits having search operations with the search phrase
- The average merchandise total per search (a calculated value of the used search phrase)
- The average merchandise total per order (summarizes the average value of an order using this search phrase)
- The items per order (the average item count for all orders with this search phrase in the visit click stream).
This report can help you tune your search, or tune your product set to better match search words, to increase the conversion rate. If the conversion rate of visits with searches and results is the highest, you might want to place the search feature more prominently on your storefront to encourage the use of Search.
Conversion of Search Phrases Without Results
This section lists the search words used in visits with at least one search with no search results. The section contains:
- The search phrases as entered by the customer
- The number of search operations
- The total orders
- The average merchandise total per search (a calculated value of the used search phrase)
- The average merchandise total per order (summarizes the average value of an order using this search phrase)
- The items per order (the average item count for all orders with this search phrase in the visit click stream)
This report can help you tune your search, or tune your product set to better match search words, to increase the conversion rate. If the conversion rate of visits with searches and results is the highest, you might want to place the search feature more prominently on your storefront to encourage the use of Search.