Mapping Components to Search Definitions

Access the Component Mapping page by selecting PeopleTools, Search Framework, Search Designer Activity Guide, Search Definition and selecting the Component Mapping tab. The Component Mapping page enables you to map a component to a specific search definition to enable the search engine integration with Search Pages.

Mapping a component to a search definition effectively assigns component level security to the search definition. For this reason, if the Search Definition is assigned to a component, document level security is turned on by default.

Note: Multiple components can be mapped to the same search definition. When a component is mapped, the security type is changed to document level security, and a user having access to any one of the components will be able to search inside the search index. The security type cannot be changed, but you can add more security attributes to extend the security.

Important! Search definitions mapped to a component must use document level security.

Field or Control	Definition
Market	Select the Market for the component.
Component Name	Select the component.
Search Criteria	Enter any additional custom search criteria to be added automatically to the search engine search query during a Search Pages keyword search. The search criteria should take the form ATTRIBUTENAME:VALUE and can use keywords and brackets. For example: `PTSF_SBO_NAME:EP_AP_VENDOR & (-STATUS:PND)` Note: The system appends additional search criteria as is to the search query. The Search Criteria field is "free text." The Search Framework performs no validation or parsing during design time or run time.

Field or Control

Definition

Market

Select the Market for the component.

Component Name

Select the component.

Search Criteria

Enter any additional custom search criteria to be added automatically to the search engine search query during a Search Pages keyword search.

The search criteria should take the form ATTRIBUTENAME:VALUE and can use keywords and brackets. For example:

PTSF_SBO_NAME:EP_AP_VENDOR & (-STATUS:PND)

Note: The system appends additional search criteria as is to the search query. The Search Criteria field is "free text." The Search Framework performs no validation or parsing during design time or run time.