Configuring the advanced search page

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Configuring the advanced search page

The advanced search page appears when Meridian Explorer users select the Form Search option in the Search ribbon and then toggle on the advanced options. You can configure the options that appear and the properties that are shown on the page.

To configure the Advanced search page:

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Repositories group, click Views. The Explorer Views page appears and lists the existing views.
Double-click the view that you want to configure.

OR

Select the view that you want to configure and then in the toolbar, click Properties.

Note Clicking Edit allows you to edit the view's definition as described in Creating and editing repository views, not edit its configuration as described in this topic.

The view's configuration pages appear.
In the menu, click SEARCH SETTINGS. A sub-menu and options for the feature category appear.
In the sub-menu, click ADVANCED SEARCH to show the available options.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Advanced search page options
Option	Description
Enable	Makes the advanced search page visible and available to users. Disable this option to hide the page from users.
Default	Makes the advanced search page the default search type for users.
List all properties	By default, users can only select from the properties that are specified in the search criteria list defined in the next step. Enabling this option allows users to select from all available properties similar to the List all properties option in the Meridian Enterprise PowerUser Find dialog.
Filter drop-down values (cascading)	Excludes values from lists that do not match the currently selected filter criteria. This makes the lists dependent on the other search criteria, also known as cascading value lists.
Min. autocomplete length	Select the minimum number of characters that must match the search properties.
NEW Enable search on object tag name	Adds the Object Tag Name field to the default search form and to the advanced search form. Users can type a name (supported by autocomplete) in the field or select one from the list. The search result will show only the documents that are related to the selected object tag. This condition can be combined with other search criteria.

Configure the search criteria list by adding criteria.
1. To add criteria, click Add New and continue as described in Selecting multiple properties. A new row appears in the criteria list for each property that you added.
2. For each new property, select options in each column using the descriptions in the following table.

Search criteria options
Option	Description
PROPERTY	If necessary, click the cell and then select a different property from the list.
DEFAULT OPERATOR	Click the cell and then select a default operator from the list. Users will be able to select from any of the operators in this list as well as Is Empty and their inverse counterparts, for example, Not Empty. Notes For best performance, we recommend the Starts with operator as the default. If users select an existing value from a list, the Equals operator will always be used for best performance. Wildcard characters are supported only by the Wildcard and Not Wildcard operators.
DEFAULT	By default, every criterion in the search criteria list is shown to the user. If a criterion should not be shown by default, clear the check box in this column. The user must then add that property manually at search time.
SHOW DROP-DOWN	Shows a list of values for the user to select from.