This article explains how to enable Algolia search integration in your PaceKB Knowledge Base. Algolia offers benefits such as instant live search, typo-tolerance, and customizable searchable attributes. To enable Algolia, you need to go to your PaceKB Dashboard, select "Settings" and then "Search," enable the Algolia Integration, specify the searchable information, and save your settings.

<div data-type="warningBanner" class="warningBanner"><p><strong>Please Note</strong>: This is a PaceKB Plus and Professional feature. You can upgrade <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.pacekb.com/pricing">here</a>.</p></div><p>Your search is the most important aspect of your Knowledge Base to ensure users can find the information they need effortlessly. The PaceKB Algolia Integration makes searching intuitive and accurate, and can now be enabled with ease on your PaceKB Knowledge Base. In this article, we will explain how to setup your first Algolia search index and enable it.</p><h2>Benefits of Algolia</h2><p>Benefits of using Algolia include:</p><ul><li><p>Instant Live Search (No more waiting seconds for results as you type)</p></li><li><p>Typo-tolerance (Mispelt words are no longer an issue!)</p></li><li><p>Customizable Searchable Attributes (You choose what content is searchable upon)</p></li></ul><p>We're actively working to expand the list of Algolia features to include Synonym support, Stopwords and more!</p><h2>Enabling Algolia</h2><ol><li><p>First, head to your PaceKB Dashboard: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.pacekb.com/app/admin/dashboard">https://www.pacekb.com/app/admin/dashboard</a> (If required, sign in with your credentials)</p></li><li><p>From the Sidebar Navigation select "Settings"</p><img height="auto" src="https://pacekb-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/507e21b6-c8f1-11ed-992b-0a358cd11241/articles/900603bf-2003-4738-bad7-f049fb7c2dab.png" alt="Screenshot 2024-01-06 at 16.54.32.png" width="365" style="aspect-ratio: 6.775510204081633"></li><li><p>Select "Search" from the Settings navigation</p></li><li><p>You can now see information relating to your search. Enable the Algolia Integration by selecting the "Enable Advanced Indexing" checkbox.</p><img height="auto" src="https://pacekb-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/507e21b6-c8f1-11ed-992b-0a358cd11241/articles/b69a8f29-df32-4aa2-8e8b-830e7ad55ed6.png" alt="Screenshot 2024-01-06 at 16.55.30.png" width="784" style="aspect-ratio: 1.735678391959799"></li><li><p>Next, specify the information that should be searchable (Title, Excerpt, Slug, Tags and Categories).</p></li><li><p>Once done, save your settings and your index will be ready to use within ~60 seconds</p></li></ol><h2>Algolia vs Standard Search Comparison</h2><h4>Standard Search</h4><p><em>*Search Article Content Setting is enabled</em></p><img height="auto" src="https://pacekb-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/507e21b6-c8f1-11ed-992b-0a358cd11241/articles/7deacd1a-25f5-48ca-a508-cab61583ec3c.gif" alt="StandardSearchBenchmark.gif" width="687" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5833333333333333"><h4>Algolia Search</h4><img height="auto" src="https://pacekb-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/507e21b6-c8f1-11ed-992b-0a358cd11241/articles/e3e570d8-cda8-403a-a1c9-026c824d494d.gif" alt="AlgoliaSearchBenchmark.gif" width="682" style="aspect-ratio: 1.5833333333333333"><h2>Conclusion</h2><p>We hope this has helped you understand how the Algolia Integration works and how it's beneficial for your Knowledge base. If you have any issues or any questions, as always please reach out to our support team using the Live Chat on your PaceKB Dashboard.</p>

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