Configuring property-based navigation

The property-based navigation page appears when Meridian Explorer users select the Property based navigation option in the Search ribbon. This lets users perform cascading (faceted) searches. You can configure the options and the properties that are shown on the page.

To configure property-based navigation:

1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Repositories group, click Views. The Explorer Views page appears and lists the existing views.

2. 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.

3. In the menu, click SEARCH SETTINGS. A sub-menu and options for the feature category appear.
4. In the sub-menu, click PROPERTY NAVIGATION to show the available options.
5. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

6. Configure the properties.

   To add a property to the list:

   1. Click Add Property. A property is added to the end of the list.
   2. Select the new property and then click Edit to select a different property name.

   To remove a property:

   • Select the property that you want to remove and then click Remove. The property is removed from the list.

   Configure the property hierarchy:

   • Drag a property’s icon to the preferred location in the list and drop it when the tooltip icon looks like . The property is moved to the new location. The tooltip icon indicates an invalid destination.
7. Click SAVE.