Steps to setup SearchStax in Sitecore for multi-site

Previously we setup SearchStax with Fresh Sitecore Instance and that will fulfill requirement for one Search Page on Single-site Sitecore Instance.

Now there will be scenarios like

• Global Search page that will list result from Multi-Site
• For each Site(In multi-Site), there will be Separate Search Pages

In this article, will implement Global Search Page that will list result from Multi-Site

Steps to Setup Global Search Page will be same as previous article SearchStax with Fresh Sitecore Instance.

Only need to update root entry and update by adding multiple root entries while Creating SearchStax Index as below

Hope this help.
In next article we will setup multi Search pages for each Site.

Step by Step to Setup SearchStax with Sitecore

In this article, We will do setup SearchStax with running Sitecore Instance. 

Setup Prerequisites

• Sitecore Instance must be up and running (where we will be setting up SearchStax)

• Check compatibility for SearchStax package with Sitecore Instance from below URL https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstudio/sitecore-module/ 

• Before Installation, please collect SearchStax's Credentials for 
• SearchStax Portal
• Collect Search and Suggest API URL from https://searchstudio.searchstax.com/apps-management Search API Section
• Solr read-only and Admin (Username/Password) from below Location
• To get Index Core Name - Go to Search URL from https://searchstudio.searchstax.com/apps-management Search API Section. For example: https://xxxxxxx.searchstax.com/solr/Index-Core-Name/emselect

Steps to Setup Searchstax

• Login to Sitecore Instance

• Install Searchstax module as per compatibility (Can take reference from above Prerequisites)

• Once package installation done, configure Searchstax index from Launchpad View or by URL https://YourInstance/searchstax/configuration

• Once clicked on Sitecore Module Configuration, will see below screen. After this click on Create An Index and fill all details (As per mentioned, in above Prerequisites)

• Once Index creation done, Go to Control Panel and trigger below action
• Click on Populate Solr Managed Schema (select only SearchStax Index)
• Index Managed (select only SearchStax Index)

• After that click on https://searchstudio.searchstax.com/apps-management/ Search API section. Click Reload Schema.
• Now will do Search configuration from https://searchstudio.searchstax.com/search-configuration and will add below entries if not there. After change - Click Save and Publish.

• From Relevance modeling https://searchstudio.searchstax.com/relevance-models will Select Default Model and then add fields where search will happens. For example

• Now From Searchstax setup is done. To verify with Sitecore will add Search Page Item and then Publish Search Page.

Hope this was easy and helpful to you. Please share if face any challenge during Setup.

Note:

• Please make sure to save and Publish after every Change.
• All above Steps must need to be done sequentially.
• After Every Changes in configuration File, Need to Click Reload Schema from Searchstax Portal.