Configuring the Advanced search page


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You can configure the Advanced search page options and the properties that are shown.

To configure the Advanced search page:

In the Meridian Explorer Configurator, in the left pane, select the view of the repository that you want to configure. The selected view appears in the right pane.
In the right pane, click the button for the view that you want to configure. The view's configuration options appear in a new page in Configurator.
In the navigation pane, click Advanced Search to show the available options.
Select or type options using descriptions in the following table.

Advanced search page options
Option	Description
Description	Type a descriptive name for the layout. This name will not appear to users. It is selected from a list when setting the default navigation tool for repository views as described in Configuring repository views.
Min. autocomplete length	Type the minimum number of characters that must match the search properties.
Enable filtering on object tag name	For document views, allows the user to type a tag name to find all related documents.
Use form layout	Shows the search properties in a form layout instead of a grid layout. This option is not affected by the List all properties option. Only the properties in the search criteria list that are selected in the next step are shown.
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. This option is available only if the Use form layout option is enabled.

To add a single criterion, click Add New. To add multiple criteria, click the arrow next to Add New, click Add Multiple, and continue as described in Selecting multiple properties . A new row appears in the criteria list for each property that you added.
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 Is Empty and their inverse counterparts, for example, Not Empty. Note 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. Note 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	Select the checkbox in this column to show a list of values for the user to select from.

To remove a criterion :

Right-click a row in the criteria list and select Remove. The criterion is removed from the list.

To configure the criteria order:

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