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ACP2E-2919: [Documentation] Mention that "Search Weight" is only one of multiple criteria which affect relevance sorting.
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Product attributes that are enabled for catalog search can be assigned a weight to give them a higher value in search results. Attributes with a greater weight are returned before attributes with a lower weight. For example, if there are two attributes in the system, _color_ with a search weight of 3 and _description_ with a search weight of 1. A search for the word _red_ returns a list of products with a color attribute value of `red` at the top of the search results and returns products with descriptions that contain the word _red_ at the bottom of the search results. In this example, the `color` attribute has a greater defined weight than the `description` attribute.

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>Sorting by relevance is affected by **_multiple_** criteria and relationships between them **_at the same time_**. [!UICONTROL Search Weight] is only one of those criteria. This means that sometimes attributes with lower search weight may still have more relevance than attributes with higher search weight. Other criteria may include number of matches in any given attribute, position of found search term, and overall text structure before and after a search term.
**_To set the search weight properties of an attribute:_**

1. On the _Admin_ sidebar, go to **[!UICONTROL Stores]** > _[!UICONTROL Attributes]_ > **[!UICONTROL Product]**.
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