Configuring Search Interface Options

About search interfaces
Search interfaces allow your end-users to search on multiple properties and/or dimensions simultaneously.
Viewing all of your search interfaces
All search interfaces are shown in the Search Interfaces view on the Project tab.
Search Interfaces view
The Search Interfaces view displays all of the search interfaces established in your project, their member dimensions and properties, as well as any associated relevance ranking strategies.
Creating search interfaces
Create new search interfaces within the Search Interfaces editor of the Search Interfaces view.
Modifying search interfaces
Select a search interface from the Search Interfaces view to change it in the editor.
Deleting search interfaces
Remove search interfaces from the Search Interfaces view.
Search Interface editor
You use the Search Interface editor to create a new search interface or modify the attributes of an existing one.
Allowing cross-field matches
The Allow Cross-field Matches option, in the Search Interface editor, specifies when the MDEX Engine should try to match search queries across dimension or property boundaries, but within the members of the search interface.
Customizing partial matching
This section describes customizations available in the Customize Partial Match Settings feature of Developer Studio.
Using Snippeting
Using Relevance Ranking Modules