# How to Manage General Sorting Settings?

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for managing general sorting settings operations in Omnitron.

## <mark style="color:red;">Step 1: Access to Omnitron​</mark> <a href="#step-1-access-to-omnitron" id="step-1-access-to-omnitron"></a>

* Get access to the **Omnitron** panel.
* Enter your *Username* and *Password*, and then click the **Sign In** button.\
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## <mark style="color:red;">Step 2: Navigate to General Sorting Settings Page​</mark> <a href="#step-2-navigate-to-general-sorting-settings-page" id="step-2-navigate-to-general-sorting-settings-page"></a>

* Follow the **Sales Channels > Sales Channel Settings** steps and click on the **General Sorting Settings** cardbox.

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**General Sorting Settings** cardbox appears only when the selected sales channel type is web. In other words, for *shop-type* of sales channels, this cardboard appears.
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## <mark style="color:red;">Step 3: View General Sorting Settings​</mark> <a href="#step-3-view-general-sorting-settings" id="step-3-view-general-sorting-settings"></a>

* By clicking on the **General Sorting Settings** cardbox on the **Sales Channel Settings** menu, the **General Sorting Settings** page can be accessed.
  * A General Sorting Setting can be described as the customers’ checkout-step cargo option on related Sales Channel.
* Users can;
  * view the *General Sorting Settings* for the related Sales Channel,
  * add a *New General Sorting Setting*,
  * edit an existing *General Sorting Setting* on the **General Sorting Settings** page.<br>

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## <mark style="color:red;">Step 4: Add/Edit General Sorting Settings​</mark> <a href="#step-4-addedit-general-sorting-settings" id="step-4-addedit-general-sorting-settings"></a>

* Clicking on **+ New General Sorting Setting** button or clicking on the listed Sorting Settings, users can reach the **Add/Edit General Sorting Setting** form.
* Users can;
  * give value to the sorting *name, sorting value* of the General *Sorting Setting,*
    * The *sorting value* of the General Sorting Setting determines the query name which can be seen on the shop (*{shopURL}.com/{relevant\_path}/?sorter=\<sorting\_value>*).
  * select the *sales channel* and *visibility (whether the setting will be visible or not on the Shop)* values,
  * fill in the *Is Default Sorting, Remove Elastic Score Effect* checkboxes
    * Before Elasticsearch starts scoring documents, it first reduces the candidate documents down by applying a boolean test. Based on the match between the document and the query, the score of documents determine how they are rank ordered for relevancy.<br>

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To create the General Sorting Setting properly, users should link *Sorting Algorithms* with the relevant *General Sorting Setting.* This operation can be held under the *Sorting* tab on the *Add/Edit General Sorting Setting* form. One or multiple sorting algorithms can be assigned to the relevant General Sorting Setting and their priority can be changed via drag and drop.
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