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Administering Field Weighting

The Search Index Settings view enables different weights to be defined for each searchable field in the search criteria, determining the field's ranking in the search results. For example, in the Service Request Category, a weighting of 4 could be assigned to the Description field and a weighting of 2 could be assigned to the Abstract field, to rank the Description field higher in the search results, and thereby make the results more relevant. The search is executed first against the fields that have more weighting.

The Siebel Search numeric weights are mapped to the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search weight parameters in the file Search_Engine_Config.xml. Do not modify the contents of the file Search_Engine_Config.xml from the preconfigured settings.

To administer field weighting for Oracle Secure Enterprise Search

1. Navigate to Administration - Search OSES screen, then the Search Index Settings view.
2. In the Search Index Settings applet, select the Search Category for which field weightings are to be configured.

   The fields for the selected Search Category are displayed in the Available Fields applet.

3. Enter a Weighting for each field in the Weighting factor column. The available weightings and corresponding rankings are described in the table below.

   Numeric Weighting	Ranking
   4	Very high
   3	High
   2	Medium
   1	Low
   0	Very low

4. Select Save Record.