Browsing with navigation views

Browsing by a navigation view lets you find documents by selecting values for properties in a hierarchical tree similar to the hierarchy folder structure described in Browsing by folders. The difference from hierarchy browsing is that at each level of the navigation view, as you select property values, only the values that exist in the property at the next level of the view are shown for you to select from. This means that you will always find some documents and that you can refine your search by selecting different or additional property values. This method of finding documents is useful when you are not sure what the values of the properties are but you can recognize them when you see them or when you want to try different property values. Navigation views are configured by a system administrator. When you find the items that you are looking for, you can save the current view filter for later reuse.

To browse by a navigation view:

1. In the ribbon, click Search and then in the ribbon, click Navigation View. The root level of the navigation view appears.
2. To view the property values of the next level of the navigation view without affecting the results pane, click the expand icon . To hide the property values, click the collapse icon .
3. To show the documents with a particular property value, click the property icon or the property value. The results pane list refreshes to show the documents that have the selected property value.