Bookshelf v7.5.2: Creating a Search Category

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Creating a Search Category

A search category maps to a search index and defines a category that can be searched against. For example, the categories Solution (Call Center) and Solution (eService) map to the same search index Solution but differ in other attributes like Drilldown View or Filter Search Spec (defined under Search Definition Category object in Tools). See Siebel Tools Reference for further information.

Siebel applications are installed with a default set of Search Categories. If you have a requirement for more search categories, make sure that the following rules and assumptions are followed and that the following properties are included in your object definition.

Users can search on a keyword in Search Center and apply filter fields to that search.

Rules and Assumptions

Several search categories can be based on the same Search Index, just so that they could define different drilldown views and pick views. For instance, the Solution (Call Center) category, will drill down into Solution Resolution View and the category Solution (eService) to Solution Resolution View (eService).

Pick views can be defined differently for different search categories. For more information on creating pick views, see Advanced Configuration of Search Operations.

Preview views can be defined by the eBusiness application user, allowing the user to define the type of pop-up view that will be displayed when Preview button is invoked. For more information on creating preview views, see Creating Preview Views.

Properties

Table 11 lists the properties for the Search Category object.

Table 11. Search Category Object Properties
Property	Required	Description
Name	Required	Logical name for the category.
Search Index	Required	Name of the search index.
Drilldown Buscomp	Optional	The business component the user will drill down to. If this property is left blank, then it is assumed that the result category does not map to a database table.
Drilldown View	Optional	The view that appears when the user drills down. If this property is left blank, then it is assumed that the result category does not map to a database table.
Destination Field	Optional	The field in the destination business component whose value equals the value of the result row Id, in the index business component. If no value is specified, then it defaults to Id, which is the row ID of the destination business component.
Result Identifier	Required	An acronym that is used in the Summary column in the search result.
Preview	Optional	The view that appears when a user invokes the Preview button.