When there's not enough data to provide a rate for a specific origin-destination pair, Xeneta uses a geo-hierarchy system to "bump up" the requested origin or destination to a different region up the hierarchy where market rates are actually available.While this system helps provide approximate rates for port pairs with limited data coverage, it's not perfect and has some limitations. To address these limitations, we've introduced Smart Search.What Is Smart SearchSmart Search is a new feature found on the Benchmarks graph that shows up when you're searching for short term rates on origin-destination pairs where Xeneta has limited data coverage.Smart Search is enabled by default on origin-destination pairs with limited coverage, but you can always switch back to the classic search.It uses an advanced algorithm that can automatically suggest the closest possible origin-destination combination if the requested port pair doesn't have enough rate data.Note that all data exports from the Benchmarks graph will also take the Smart Search setting into account.How Smart Search WorksInstead of simply "bumping up" your requested port pair and providing average rates between larger geographical regions when coverage is limited, the data model behind the Smart Search algorithm uses a more nuanced approach.It tries to suggest a more optimal origin-destination combination with rates that are significantly more representative of the requested port pair by taking into account 10 different factors — maximizing the positive ones (such as rate correlation and the number of suppliers and data points), while minimizing the negative ones (the number of "bump-ups", average rate difference).Melbourne to Taichung trade lane with Smart Search on and offSmart Search is available on the majority of trade lanes, and we're working on eventually covering all of them as we improve and optimize the data model.This allows us to provide you with a more complete view of market rates even on trade lanes with historically limited data availability.