Advanced Filtering & Search in E-Commerce

Product Search, Filters, and Navigation for Business Central B2B E-commerce

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Part of the TRIMIT E-commerce Series

Built for companies using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with large assortments, many variants, or deep category structures, where buyers need to find the right products fast.

TRIMIT E-commerce gives B2B buyers and sales agents several ways to find products: quick search, filters, and category navigation, all based on live product data from Business Central.

Quick search shows products with images, colors, and prices directly in the results, with a Buy Now button so buyers can add products to the basket without opening the product page.

A mega menu shows subcategories as soon as a buyer opens a main category, and floating filters open on demand, leaving more room for products on the page.

Search also uses the search description maintained in Business Central, so buyers find products by alternative names and industry terms, not only by product name or number.

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How It Works

Quick search with Buy Now
Search results show product images, prices, color variants, and categories. Buyers can add products to the basket directly from the results, without opening each product page.
Two search layouts
Choose between a compact slide-in search that keeps users on the page they are working on, or a full-width search with the same product cards used across the webshop.
Search by alternative terms
Search includes the search description field in Business Central, so you can add synonyms, industry terms, and common customer phrases that are not part of the product name.
Mega menu for large catalogs
When a buyer opens a main category, related subcategories are shown in an expanded menu, so buyers see the product range and reach the right category in fewer clicks.
Floating filters
Filters open in a panel on demand instead of taking up a fixed sidebar, giving more room to product listings, especially on smaller screens.
Live, always-accurate filters
Filter options come directly from Business Central and show only relevant choices. Results update instantly, without reloading the page.
Multi-select filtering
Combine several criteria, such as color, size, price range, availability, collection, and campaign tags, to narrow down large assortments.
Campaign-aware browsing
Active campaigns from Business Central are shown automatically, so campaign products are always up to date without manual work.
Configured without development
Administrators choose the search layout and set up the mega menu and filter behavior in the webshop administration, without development work.

Search, Filters, Menu, or AI?

B2B buyers look for products in different ways, and each way needs its own tool.

Buyers who know the product name or number use quick search and order directly from the results. Buyers who browse a category use the mega menu. Buyers who need to narrow down a large range use filters.

Buyers who know what they need but not what it is called can use the AI shopping assistant in TRIMIT E-commerce, which finds products from a description in their own words.

Search, filters, and navigation in TRIMIT are a good fit when you need to:

Help buyers find products in catalogs with thousands of items and variants
Let repeat buyers order directly from search results
Make deep category structures easy to navigate
Show more products on screen, also on tablets and mobile
Keep filters and campaigns in sync with Business Central automatically

Good to know:

Search results improve when the search description field in Business Central is maintained with relevant terms
Search layout, mega menu, and filter behavior are set up per webshop by your administrators

Why It Matters

When an assortment spans thousands of products and variants, standard webshop navigation stops working. Buyers click through page after page, searches return nothing, and customer service answers the same questions about where to find products.
The problem is often the words. A furniture buyer searches for "couch" while the product is called "sofa". A fashion buyer searches for a style name used by the sales team, not the one in the catalog.
Deep category structures add to the problem. A furniture catalog with chairs, tables, sofas, and cabinets in several collections is hard to browse through a simple dropdown.
TRIMIT closes that gap with search that understands alternative terms, a mega menu that shows the whole product range, filters that stay out of the way until needed, and Buy Now directly in the search results, all based on live data from Business Central.

See It in Action

A furniture retailer opens the Furniture menu and sees Chairs, Tables, Sofas, and Cabinets at once. In Sofas, the retailer opens the filters, selects a fabric and color, and closes the panel to see more products. Later, the retailer searches for a reorder by item number and adds it to the basket directly from the search results.
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Frequently Asked Questions

How does product search work in TRIMIT E-commerce?

Search finds products by item number, product name, description, labels, and the search description maintained in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Results show images, prices, color variants, and categories, and buyers can add products to the basket directly from the results.

Can B2B buyers order directly from search results?

Yes. A Buy Now button in the search results lets buyers add products to the basket without opening the product page.

How can buyers find products by terms that are not in the product name?

Search includes the search description field in Business Central. Add synonyms, industry terms, and common customer phrases there, and buyers will find the product when they search for them.

Does TRIMIT support a mega menu?

Yes. The mega menu shows subcategories as soon as a buyer opens a main category. Menu structure and category groupings are set up by administrators without development work.

Where do the filter options come from?

Filter options, product tags, and campaign labels come directly from Business Central, so filters are always up to date without manual work. Filters can be shown as floating filters that open on demand.

Does search and filtering work on mobile?

Yes. Search, filters, and navigation are built to work on desktop, tablet, and mobile, also with large assortments.

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