Overview

Most search engines have the capability to present users with completed suggestions in their search field based on the initial letters of a term being specified. The following image shows an example from Google.com where a user is typing "air" into the search field. Several completed suggestions are generated, including "airline tickets", which is a popular search term for many users.

This functionality is also available with Magnify Search and is referred to as Auto Complete. When configured, a user can select a suggested term from the Auto Complete drop-down, which guarantees that search results will be found for the selected term. Since Magnify Search has been available long before the implementation of this new facility, users have the ability to enable Auto Complete on existing indices, as well as newly created indices. The implementation of Auto Complete is being handled as a separate Magnify Search index that contains the Auto Complete suggestions.