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Associating Search Categories with New Search Definitions

Identify all search categories that you want to expose in your application and associate them with the appropriate search definition. Also, specify the filter search specification for each search category. For more information, see Using Search Filters in Filter Search Specifications.

To associate search categories with a search definition

1. Add the required search categories to the search definition.

   For example, the Call Center Application uses the search definition Call Center Definition. Some of the search categories exposed in this application include Catalog Category, External Document, Literature, Product, and so on.

2. Optionally, you may specify an appropriate filter search specification for each category.

   For example, with the search category Product in the Call Center Definition, you can restrict product search results by the Catalog Type of Buying by specifying a filter search specification like the following:

   [Catalog Type]<>LookupValue('CTLG_TYPE', 'Buying')

   NOTE:  The filter field Catalog Type needs to be already defined as a filter field for the associated search index. For more information, see Creating Search Filter Fields.