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Use

If you are running a federated portal in your system landscape, you can configure the search so that search queries are sent to all producer portals.

Note

If you do not configure the consumer portal as described, the search query is sent only to the local portal.

For more information, see Implementing a Federated Portal Network .

Procedure

Configuring Basic Settings

To configure the search dialog box for use in a federated portal network, you must adapt the configuration of the search component:

  1. In the consumer portal, choose Start of the navigation path System Administration Next navigation step System Configuration End of the navigation path. In the detailed navigation area, choose Start of the navigation path Knowledge Management Next navigation step Content Management Next navigation step User Interface Next navigation step Show Advanced Options Next navigation step Search Next navigation step Default Search Dialog Box End of the navigation path.

  2. Choose Edit .

  3. For the Search Component Set parameter, select FederatedSearch .

Changing the Default Search Component Set

If the Federated Search is active, the UISearchComponents search component set is used by default for the search dialog in the portal where the search query is made.

To use another set of search components, add the following to the information in the iView parameter Query of the KM search iView: &SearchAdvancedComps= <%name of the required search component set%> .

Configuring the Search Options

A limited set of search options are used for the Federated Search . You cannot add to this set.