Indicating whether an attribute is searchable

For string attributes in a new data set, you can indicate whether to support text search for attribute values.

When using the Search Box component to search for values, string attributes with values containing fewer than 75 characters always support value search, which is represented by the type-ahead function. As users type, matching attribute values are displayed.

When end users choose to use text search to simply search for a search term, then Studio only searches within the searchable attribute values. This type of search can be especially useful for attribute values containing large amounts of text.

Searchable attributes also have snippeting enabled by default.

To configure whether attributes are searchable:

  1. On the Add Data Set page, click Advanced Options.

    The Advanced Options view includes the Searchable checkbox, which indicates whether to support text search for attribute values.


    Advanced options for data set attributes

    The Searchable checkbox is only displayed and checked by default for string attributes. You cannot enable text search for other types of attributes.

  2. To exclude an attribute from text search, uncheck the checkbox.
  3. For the searchable attributes, if the attribute values are in a different language from the default search language, then from the drop-down list, select the language in which to index the attribute for search.

    You can select from any of the languages supported by Endeca Server.