The Search user preference settings determine the default
criteria displayed when using Simple Search in the Search page. The
Document settings apply when searching for documents.
To define document search preference criteria:
- Click Preferences in the upper right
corner.
- In the User Preferences page, click Search from
the list of views.
- Click Document from the list of
Search views.
- Select an object store to search.
- If you have not defined any document search criteria, a list of
object stores is displayed. Click an object store name to select it.
The search will only look in a single object store. The General Settings
and Property Criteria Settings are displayed after you select an object
store.
- If you want to change the selected object store, click Object
Stores in the Path. A list of object stores is displayed.
Click an object store name to select it.
- Select the appropriate General Settings.
- To specify a default document class for a search, click Select
Class and select a specific class. Click Clear
Class to remove the class that was selected. You can also
select or clear a class on the Search page if you display the Filter
by Class field (step c).
- To include subclasses of the class selected for Default
Filter Class, select Include subclasses. You
can select or deselect this option on the Search page if you display
the Filter by Class field in the next step.
- To display the Filter by Class field on the Search page
to search for specific document classes, select Show from
the Show Filter Class drop-down list. If you do not display the field,
the default classes selected in steps a and b will be used. If there
are no class selections, all classes will be searched.
- To display the Version Option field on the Search page,
select Show from the Show Version Option menu.
- Specify the Default Version Option for documents to
be returned by selecting Released Version, Current
Version, or All Versions from the
drop-down menu. If you show the version option field (step d), you
can change this default selection on the Search page.
- To display a field for entering text in the content
of documents, select Show in the Show Content
Contains list.
- To view a summary description for content search results
that are formatted in Magazine view, select the check box for Show
Summary in Magazine View. Representative text is presented
for each returned document. You can change the format of the search
results (Magazine or Detailed views) on the Search page.
- Select either AND or OR from
the AND/OR Content Criteria list. If you select AND, all properties
must be true and the content you enter must appear in the documents.
If you select OR, documents will qualify if either their properties
are true or the document contains the content you specify. You cannot
change the operator on the Search page.
- To specify the maximum number of items displayed in
the search result, enter a number in the Max Results field. The default
is 100.
- Select the appropriate Property Criteria Settings. You
can display and search on up to 5 properties in the Search page. The
properties available depend on the selected object store.
- Select a Property Name from the drop-down list.
- Select an Operator for the property criteria.
- Select the AND / OR join operator for the property criteria.
For example, select AND to specify that the
current property AND the next one must be true.
- Specify which property to use for sorting the results.
- Click Apply to save your changes.
- Click Exit to close the User Preferences
page.