Adding Fields as Searchable Criteria

You can add fields to the Search Framework collection if you want to expand the list of fields that you can use to perform such search.

When you add fields to the collection, you can use either batch updates and rebuild or incremental updates to build Search Framework index collections. You then perform searches against this collection.

Use the PeopleSoft Application Engine process (SAC_IDX_DATA) to build the Search Framework collection, which is accessible from the Build Search Framework page. This process extracts data from the database and writes a few intermediate text files: the BIF files and the DAT files. These files are indexed into the Search Framework collection, which comprises multiple file folders.