1. Implementing Applications
  2. Create Global Search Configurations

Create Global Search Configurations

Predefined global search configurations control how the global search works. You can't edit predefined configurations, but you can duplicate them and edit the copies, or create your own from scratch.

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Applications Core Global Search Configurations task in the Application Extensions functional area.

  2. On the Manage Applications Core Global Search Configurations page, do any of these tasks:

    • Click the Create icon.

    • Select a row and click the Duplicate icon.

    Note: Once you create a configuration, you can't delete it, but you can disable it.

  3. For the short name (identifier for your configuration), enter an alphanumeric code with uppercase letters and no spaces.

  4. Enter a user-friendly display name and description for the configuration.

  5. Select the Default check box to use your configuration as the default instead of the predefined Default configuration. If another custom configuration was already set as the default, then your configuration becomes the new custom default.

  6. Select a product family if the configuration is for applications or pages within a specific family. Otherwise, select Common.

  7. If you're creating a duplicate, click Save and Close. To go on to the next steps and define more settings, select your configuration and click Edit.

  8. Enter a module within the product family you selected. If you selected the Common family, then select the Oracle Middleware Extensions for Applications module.

  9. Use these tabs to define your configuration:

    • Autosuggest: Determine what's available to users in the global search autosuggest, as well as how the autosuggest works.

    • Search Field: Control the Search field in the global header and in the search results dialog box.

    • Search Results: Enable or disable saved and recent searches, select the search categories available to users, and define settings for filters.

    • Pages: Indicate the applications or pages that this global search configuration applies to.

      Note: If the Pages subtab isn't available or editable, you must deselect both the Default and Enabled check boxes on the Edit Global Search Configurations page. After completing your updates in the Pages tab, you can again select these check boxes.

  10. Save your work.

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