Performing Searches for Tags

This topic describes how to search for tags.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Search Tags Page

EPPTG_TAG_BROWSE

Search for tags.

The following example illustrates the Search Tags page. Access the Search Tags page (click a tag anywhere in the portal; or My Content, Search Tags) as shown below.

Search Tags page

Use the Search Tags page (EPPTG_TAG_BROWSE) to search for tags.

Navigation:

  • Click a tag anywhere in the portal.

  • My Content, Search Tags

  • Enter the search text and click the Search button in the Tag Cloud pagelet.

    The tag browser opens on a modal window.

Important! Special characters in tags do not give the expected search results.

See Creating and Managing Tags.

Field or Control

Description

search text

Enter the tag to search for.

scope

Select the scope for the search:

  • All My Tags — Searches in all of your public and private tags.

  • All Tags — Displays all public tags across all systems including tags added through the Related Tags related content service.

  • Blogs — Searches in all public tags for blog content.

  • Content — Searches in all public tags for content in the content management system.

  • Current Workspace — Searches in all public tags for the current workspace and content residing in the workspace.

    Note: Current Workspace is available only while you are in a workspace; this is the default scope when searching tags while in a workspace.

  • Discussions — Searches in all public tags for discussion forum content.

  • <Node> Domain — Searches in all public tags within the remote node.

    Note: If the Related Tags service is configured for use with one or more PeopleSoft applications, then a separate scope exists for each remote node on which the service is in use.

  • Portal — Searches in all public tags across all content types within the portal.

  • Workspaces — Searches in all public tags for collaborative workspaces and content residing in workspaces.

Note: A search is executed when the scope is selected. The Tag Cloud section is updated with all public tags for the selected scope.

Search

Click to execute a search with the given search text and scope.

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Click the arrow to the left of Quick Searches to collapse or expand this section.

Quick Searches

Select an option in the Quick Searches group box to perform a search:

Note: When selecting one of these options, the search scope is automatically set to All My Tags and the search is executed.

  • Show All My Tags — Shows all of your public and private tags.

  • Show My Public Tags — Shows all of your public tags only.

    Note: If you have tagged an item with both public and private tags, then the private tags are also displayed in this search.

  • Show My Private Tags — Shows all of your private tags only.

    Note: If you have tagged an item with both public and private tags, then the public tags are also displayed in this search.

Tagged Content

Review the list of results and:

  • Click the link for an item to open that content in the current browser window.

    Note: Content residing in a collaborative workspace or another site is opened in a separate browser window.

  • Click a tag to perform a new search on that tag using the current search scope.

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Click the arrow to the left of Tag Cloud to collapse or expand this section.

Tag Cloud

The Tag Cloud section displays all the public tags for the currently selected search scope or the tags that reflect the selected quick search option.

Click a tag in the tag cloud to perform a new search on that tag using the current search scope.

The default sort order in the tag cloud is from the most recently created tag to the oldest tag. The sort order in the tag cloud on the Search Tags page is not user configurable.