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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Set a search context as default

If you use the contextual search REST API and don't specify which search context to use, the API uses the search context that you have set as default. The search context that you use in the API takes preference over the one marked as default.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Contextual Search > Search Contexts.

  2. Open the search context record that you want to set as default.

  3. Select Set As Default.

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Search Context form showing Set As Default button.

Parent Topic:Managing contextual search