Catalog Item "meta" field

[xiaix]

On catalog item A, I put the string value shop into the "meta" field.

I have a List Collector variable on a separate catalog item B, referencing the sc_cat_item table:

When I go to catalog item B and type "shop", catalog item A does not show up:

Why?

[xiaix · Accepted solution]

Found it.
Needed to put the Variable Attribute to: ref_ac_columns_search=true,ref_ac_columns=meta

I started digging around in the /scripts/js_includes_sp.jsx file, and found the getReferenceColumnsToSearch() function.

In that function I noticed:

var colNames = ['name'];
if (fieldAttributes['ref_ac_columns_search'] == 'true' && 'ref_ac_columns' in fieldAttributes && fieldAttributes['ref_ac_columns'] != '') {
colNames = fieldAttributes['ref_ac_columns'].split(';');
if (scope.ed.searchField)
colNames.push(scope.ed.searchField);
}

Well, that was all I needed to deduce ref_ac_columns_search=true,ref_ac_columns=meta

[vijay s4]

On catalog item A, I put the string value Office into the "meta" field.

I have a List Collector variable on a separate catalog item B, referencing the sc_cat_item table:

When I go to catalog item B and type "office", catalog item A does not show up:

​ I also added Variable Attribute to: ref_ac_columns_search=true,ref_ac_columns=meta

even then it not shown up....where as in Reference variable it was working...

[vijay s4]

On catalog item A, I put the string value Office into the "meta" field.

I have a List Collector variable on a separate catalog item B, referencing the sc_cat_item table:

When I go to catalog item B and type "office", catalog item A does not show up:

​ I also added Variable Attribute to: ref_ac_columns_search=true,ref_ac_columns=meta

even then it not shown up....where as in Reference variable it was working...

[vijay s4]

On catalog item A, I put the string value Office into the "meta" field.

I have a List Collector variable on a separate catalog item B, referencing the sc_cat_item table:

When I go to catalog item B and type "office", catalog item A does not show up:

​ I also added Variable Attribute to: ref_ac_columns_search=true,ref_ac_columns=meta

even then it not shown up....where as in Reference variable it was working...