JR50926: SitemapGenerate job combines search terms into a single SEO URL in the sitemap XML files

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The SitemapGenerate job may combine related search terms into
  one URL.
  
   Here is the class being used:
   com.ibm.commerce.search.facade.datatypes.SearchTermAssociationT
  ype
  
   An example of the entries in the SRCHTERM table would be:
   3074457345616685668 1 term1 0
   3074457345616685668 1 term2 0
   3074457345616685668 1 term3 0
   ...
  
   Below is an example of the search term URL generated in the
  sitemap XML file:
       <url>
        <loc>http://www.URL.com/shop/searchterm/term1, term2,
  term3</loc>
        <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
        <priority>0.7</priority>
       </url>
  
   Each search term should have its own URL as follows:
   <loc>http://www.URL.com/shop/searchterm/term1</loc>
   <loc>http://www.URL.com/shop/searchterm/term2</loc>
   <loc>http://www.URL.com/shop/searchterm/term3</loc>
  

Local fix

• Users can modify the SEOSitemap.jsp file to tokenize the comma
  separated search term result set before the URLs are generated
  

Problem summary

• USERS AFFECTED:
   WebSphere Commerce users on v7.0 who define search terms in
  Management Center and also use SitemapGenerate to create SEO
  URLs.
  
   PROBLEM ABSTRACT:
   SitemapGenerate job combines search terms into a single SEO URL
  in the sitemap XML files
  
   BUSINESS IMPACT:
   Wrong search term SEO URLs sent to search engines.
  
   RECOMMENDATION:
  

Problem conclusion

• Modified SEOSitemap.jsp file to split the comma separated search
   term result set before constructing the search term SEO URLs.
  The updated SEOSitemap.jsp file can be deployed to your
  application in the following path:
   WC_eardir/Stores.war/<store_name>/SEOSitemap.jsp
  
   Also modified the SEOURLPatterns-Search.xml to update the
  search term token patterns to accept additional characters such
  as upper case characters, numeric characters and so on.
  
  
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   The latest available maintenance information can be obtained
  from the Recommended Fixes for WebSphere Commerce technote:
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3046&uid=swg21261296
  

Temporary fix

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WC BUS EDITION

• Fixed component ID

  5724I3800

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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