Interpreting search results

The search results page may contain a section for the following:

Items: Click this tab to display a list of the items that meet your search criteria. Click the item display name to display the item itself. Portal Smart Links are excluded from the search results.
Pages: Click this tab to display a list of the pages that meet your search criteria. Click a page name to display that page.
Categories: Click this tab to display a list of the categories that meet your search criteria. Click a category display name to list the items associated with that category.
Perspectives: Click this tab to display a list of the perspectives that meet your search criteria. Click a perspective display name to list the items associated with that perspective.

Note: A search form may be displayed beneath the search results, so that another search can be submitted.

Search Results

The default content and layout of each item returned in search result is as follows:

Display Name

Description
Create Date: Date Page Group: Name Category: Name Perspectives: Name

Click to display the property sheet for an item.

This format can be customized by editing the search results page.

Oracle Text searching

If Oracle Text searching is installed, you may see the following displayed with your search results:

nn% displays the Oracle Text relevancy score, rating how each result matches the search words.
Click to display an HTML version of any file item.
Click to display an HTML version of any file item with the search words highlighted.
Click to display an item summary generated by Oracle Text, also called the item's gists.
Click to display the nouns and verbs appearing most often within the item, also called the item's themes.

To display (or hide) this information, ensure that all associated display attributes are selected on the Results Display tab, i.e. View as HTML, View as HTML with Highlight, Themes, Gists appear in the Displayed Attributes list.