When you complete the search, the data is refined to only include records with the matching search terms or selected attribute value.
The Selected Refinements component that is bound to the appropriate data set also is updated to add the appropriate refinement.
If you selected an attribute value, then the refinement is an attribute value refinement. The selected value also is removed from the available values on the Available Refinements component.
If you performed a keyword search, then the refinement is a search refinement. The refinement includes the search option used for the search.
For Boolean searches, the refinement indicates that a Boolean search was used.
Search refinements may also include spelling correction and "did you mean" suggestions. Note that Boolean searches do not support spelling correction or "did you mean".
If the Search within checkbox was checked, then the search refinement is added to the list. If the box was not checked, the refinement replaces the current list.
For more information on how refinements are displayed, see Using Selected Refinements.
For regular keyword searches, on the Data Explorer, Results List, and Results Table components, the search terms may be highlighted. For attributes that support snippeting, the search snippet is displayed. The snippet displays the portion of the attribute value that contains the search terms.
For details on configuring snippeting for searches, see the Oracle Endeca Server Developer's Guide.
Relevance ranking can affect the display order of results on the following components:
| Component | Effect of Relevance Ranking |
|---|---|
| Data Explorer | When the search is submitted, the results are
automatically sorted based on search relevance.
A Search Relevance option is added to the Sorted by drop-down list. You can then switch between the Search Relevance option and the other available sorting options. |
| Results List | If there is no default sort order for the
Results List, and you haven't applied a
sort to the list, then when a search is submitted, the results are sorted based
on search relevance.
If a specific sort order has been applied to the table, then the relevance ranking settings are not applied. |
| Results Table | If there is no default sort order for the
Results Table, and you haven't applied a
sort to the table, then when a search is submitted, the results are sorted
based on search relevance.
If a specific sort order has been applied to the table, then the relevance ranking settings are not applied. |
| Map | When the search is submitted, the results are
automatically sorted based on search relevance.
A Search Relevance option is added to the Sorted by drop-down list. You can then switch between the Search Relevance option and the other available sorting options. |
Note that Boolean searches do not support relevance ranking.
For details on relevance ranking and how it works, see the Oracle Endeca Server Developer's Guide. For information on using Integrator ETL to use load the relevance ranking configuration files, see the Integrator ETL User's Guide.
