Pimcore Better Search

For efficient data maintenance it is mandatory to have an efficient search. This bundle replaces Pimcore's backend search functionality to offer a search experience like users know from popular web search engines.

It does not need any configuration or external applications to be installed.

Further information see our Blackbit GitHub.

Information about the license

The software is distributed under the enclosed dual license agreement. Accordingly, it is the responsibility of the licensee to use the software under the terms of the GPLv3 or, if purchased, under the terms of the commercial license. Simultaneous use of the software under both license forms for the same licensed object or a subsequent ‘change’ of license forms by the same licensee is not permitted.

In accordance with the provisions of the respective licenses, it is only possible to

a.) use Blackbit software under GPLv3 with the Pimcore Community Edition under GPLv3 or

b.) combine Blackbit software under a commercial license and Pimcore under a commercial license. The version for commercial licenses is distributed exclusively through PIMCORE.

1. You can use the software under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3). This brings with it many rights of use and freedoms:

Open source - You can view the unencrypted programme code of our software.
Customisation - You can adapt the software to your needs and develop it further as you wish.
Distribution - You can copy, distribute and even sell the software or further developments of the software as long as you comply with the GNU GPL v3 licence. Because you become the owner of the code when you purchase the bundle, there is no warranty and no free service.

2. Alternatively, you can use the software under the Blackbit Commercial License. This means that the software remains the property of Blackbit and may be used in one instance per license. Blackbit grants the user a limited right of use. This brings with it many rights of use and freedoms:

Blackbit eliminates defects and errors
Blackbit provides updates free of charge during the contract period.
Optionally, separate service and support contracts can be concluded for Blackbit software.

For further information, please refer to the respective license files or contact sales@blackbit.de

SKU: Art.Nr.: ART00311

The Problems With Pimcore’s Built-in Search Functionality

Pimcore provides an object search in global search, relation field search (via looking glass icon) and grid search. All of these places share the same underlying search engine and thus the same problems:

by default (without MySQL's search operators) only word search is supported
e.g. searching product will not find a data object which only contains products
terms with less than 3 characters get ignored (with MySQL's default innodb_ft_min_token_size setting)
e.g. searching for CD will never find anything
there is no fuzzy search which searches tolerating typo errors
e.g. searching for produt will not find product
there is no word-stemming
e.g. searching for shirts (plural) will not find an object which contains shirt
sometimes order of search results is irritating
e.g. elements which contain the search term only once get listed higher than those which contain it multiple times
search is unusable for languages which do not have word separators (like Chinese, Japanese)