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Data providers

Data providers define where product information is stored.

You can use one of two data providers: the content model data provider and the eContent data provider.

Switching the data provider

You can switch the data provider either with the command line or manually. Only one data provider can be activated per installation.

Command line switching

The silversolutions:switchdataprovider command switches between the content model data provider and eContent. It is useful especially for testing purposes.

The command takes the following options:

Option Notes
--new-root-node Default value is 56 for content model data provider, 2 for eContent
--location-id Default value is 56. This is the Location ID of the "Product catalog" Content item in Ibexa Platform. If you are using another Location ID, change this parameter 
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# switch to eContent 
php bin/console silversolutions:switchdataprovider econtent --location-id=56 --new-root-node=2
php bin/console silversolutions:indexecontent --no-debug
php bin/console silversolutions:indexecontent swap --no-debug

# switch to content model
php bin/console silversolutions:switchdataprovider ez

Remember to clear the cache after you execute the command:

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php bin/console cache:clear --env=prod

Data provider switch process

Switching the data provider introduces some changes to your project:

Changes to config/packages/ecommerce.yml

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# eContent data provider
resource: '../../vendor/silversolutions/silver.e-shop/src/Silversolutions/Bundle/EshopBundle/Resources/config/config_data_provider_econtent.yml' or 

# content model data provider
resource: '../../vendor/silversolutions/silver.e-shop/src/Silversolutions/Bundle/EshopBundle/Resources/config/config_data_provider_ez.yml'

Changes to the "Product catalog" Content item

The Product catalog's root node is set accordingly.

  • For eContent, the root node is set to 2 by default, for content model it is 56 (in case the demo data is used).
  • The Location ID for the Product catalog can be set to a different value by using the --location-id parameter.

Manual switching

1. Load root element

First, ensure that you are loading the correct root element for your provider.

2. Change configuration

The following settings are already set up in the configuration files econtent_search.yml or ez_search.yml:

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silver_eshop.default.catalog_data_provider: ez5
# or for eContent
silver_eshop.default.catalog_data_provider: econtent

3. Configure search services

Change the alias for search services for every type (product, catalog, content).

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# set up alias for product search 
# for eZ dataprovider 
 <service id="siso_search.search_service.product" alias="siso_search.ezsolr_search_service">
 </service>

# for econtent
 <service id="siso_search.search_service.product" alias="siso_search.econtentsolr_search_service">
 </service>

# set up alias for catalog search 
<service id="siso_search.search_service.catalog" alias="siso_search.econtentsolr_search_service">
</service>

# set up alias for content search 
<service id="siso_search.search_service.content" alias="siso_search.ezsolr_search_service">
</service>

4. Set up search groups

Set up search groups and configuration accordingly.

Check the complete configuration from the vendor as well:

  • vendor/silversolutions/silver.e-shop/src/Siso/Bundle/SearchBundle/Resources/config/econtent_search.yml
  • vendor/silversolutions/silver.e-shop/src/Siso/Bundle/SearchBundle/Resources/config/ez_search.yml

The path for products in econtent e.g. is /2/ and for eZ /1/2

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siso_search.default.groups.search:
        product:
            types:
                - ses_product
            path: '/1/2/'
            section: 1
            visibility: true
        content:
            types:
                - st_module
                - folder
                - article
                - landing_page
                - blog_post
                - event
            path: '/1/2/'
            section: 1
            visibility: true
        files:
            types:
                - file
                - video
            path: '/1/43/'
            section: 3
            visibility: true