Configuring Global Search

Civic Platform provides a search engine to find information globally throughout the software. Users enter search criteria and Civic Platform displays results in a global search portlet grouped by information type.

You can configure search to define how many max records return in a global search and how many result rows to display in a group results list page. For example, record result information is grouped together in pages and licensed professional result information is grouped together in pages. Within each group, a user can filter, page through, or sort through the result information.

The global search function works against indexed content in the Civic Platform database. To ensure the most accurate and up-to-date search results, configure a batch job to regularly index the Civic Platform database.

To configure global search:

1. Set the following FID(s) and Standard Choices (refer to the Civic Platform Configuration Reference for full details):

   • 8434-Global Search

   • GLOBAL_SEARCH_MAX_COUNT

   • BATCH_JOB_SERVICE_CATEGORY

   • GLOBAL_SEARCH_BUILD_INDEX_ENTITIES

2. Create a Global Search Index Batch Job. See Creating a Global Search Index Batch Job for complete details.