Recently we released version 2.0.1 of of our Amazon CloudSearch extension for Magento, called Amazon Cloudsearch Connect and this new release provides for incremental updating of the CloudSearch index.
Many retailers, particularly those with larger product catalogs, do not want to have to perform an entire index update when only a few products have changed. As such, the incremental index update feature looks for products that have been added, changed, disabled or deleted since the previous index update and only sends the required updates to the CloudSearch index thereby increasing efficiency and speed of the indexing process and ensuring user's searches are met with the most up to date information.
The feature is also particularly handy because it helps, merchants better manage AWS usage charges related to data loads; the less data sent up for processing, the lower the cost of using the service.
Please see below for a screen capture of the index operations tab of the configuration.
Please visit our Amazon CloudSearch for Magento Search Extension page for more information. If you'd like to see a live demonstration, please contact us and we'd be happy to provide.
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