Category-based default store navigation
Key Takeaway
To show a category in the default store navigation, mark it "Show In Menu", make sure the default navigation includes "Storefront Categories", and rebuild the search index. A category's "Sort Order" sets its place in the menu, with lower numbers listed first.
Default store navigation is the main menu buyers use to move around a B2B Commerce store. In Experience Builder, you can set it up so the menu is built from your product categories. Buyers then browse the store the same way you organized your products.
How to set up category navigation
Category navigation is set up in two places: on each category record and in Experience Builder. After both are in place, you update the search index.
- On each category record (Merchandising | Categories in the store), select Show In Menu.
- In Experience Builder, make sure the default navigation includes Storefront Categories.
- Update the search index.
Adding Storefront Categories to the default navigation alone isn't enough, because a category must be marked Show In Menu before it can be included in store navigation.
Category changes don't take effect until you rebuild the search index. So a category marked Show In Menu won't show up in the store menu until the index is updated.
Priya runs a store that sells cleaning supplies. Storefront Categories is already in her default navigation. She creates a new category, Floor Care, and selects Show In Menu. When she previews the store, Floor Care isn't in the menu yet. After she rebuilds the search index, Floor Care appears in the menu.