Guidelines on Using Configurable Search for Fluid Components

Follow these guidelines when you plan to configure search for fluid components:

• By default, search pages on fluid components are not replaced with the delivered (new) fluid search page. That is, for fluid components, you need to enable configurable search. You can enable configurable search either through Application Designer (using the Enable Configurable Search check box on the Component Properties dialog box) or through browser (using the Manage Configurable Search page). Oracle recommends that you enable configurable search for fluid components through browser because it's easier and cost effective.

  For information on using the Enable Configurable Search check box, see "Using the Enable Configurable Search Check Box for Fluid Components" section later in this topic.

  For detailed steps on configuring a search page, see Working with Configurable Search.

• By default, new fluid components use the delivered (new) fluid search page.

• If search is enabled for a component (that is, a valid search record is configured for the component and a search key exists), the system displays a different search page based on these conditions:

  • If a custom search page (of type Search Page) has been added to the component definition, the custom search page is displayed.

  • If configurable search has been configured for the content reference, then the delivered (new) fluid search page is displayed reflecting that configuration. If configurable search is merely enabled on the component definition but there is no content reference configuration, then the delivered (new) fluid search page is displayed in its default state.

  • If configurable search is not enabled and a pivot grid configuration exists for the component, the pivot grid search page is displayed.

• If a component is not search enabled (that is, the component search record has no search keys and the Update/Display check box on the Use tab of the Component Properties dialog box is not selected), the transaction page is loaded directly, which is similar to the functionality prior to PeopleTools 8.60.

Using the Enable Configurable Search Check Box for Fluid Components

Application developers should note that to enable or disable configurable search for fluid components, you can use the Enable Configurable Search check box on the Fluid tab of the Component Properties dialog box in Application Designer. If you choose this route to enable configurable search, you have to deliver the component through a project. However, you should be aware that you do not have to use this route of delivering a component for configurable search because you can use the Manage Configurable Search page in browser to enable configurable search.

You may plan to deliver a component for some business requirements, and in that case you can enable configurable search on the component.

Note:

If you plan to select the Enable Configurable Search check box on a delivered component, you should be aware that it might have future upgrade impact.

See Fluid User Interface Developer’s Guide: Setting Properties on the Fluid Tab.

Considerations for enabling configurable search using the Enable Configurable Search check box:

• On existing components, if the Search Page Type field is set to None, the Enable Configurable Search check box is unavailable.

• If you set Search Page Type to Standard, the Enable Configurable Search check box is available for use.

  Currently, only standard search page type is supported for configurable search.

• On new components, the Enable Configurable Search check box is selected by default provided the Search Page Type is set to Standard.