Global search finds records from multiple tables
Search multiple record types from a single search field.
To perform a global search, perform one of the following actions based on your UI version.
| UI version | Action |
|---|---|
| Next Experience UI | Enter your search terms in the Unified Navigation search field, then select View results or press Enter. |
| Core UI | Select the search icon in the banner on the upper right of the System settings for the user interface (UI) , then enter your search terms and press Enter. |
All UI versions also have a global search keyboard shortcut. The ui_global_text_search UI Macro provides the global search field.
For a list of search source tables that the system searches by default, along with steps for adding new search source tables, see Default global search sources for Next Experience UI and Default global text search groups for Core UI.
Global search supports Boolean operators, quoted phrases, and wildcard characters. For details on these search features, see Boolean operators allow conditional search results, Quotation marks allow exact phrase searches, and Wildcard characters allow searching for patterns and variations.
- Global search displays a page of matching results
Global search displays a page of results that match your search, grouped by table. - Text search views control format of global search results for tables
The text_search view for a table determines how global search displays results from that table. - Search settings filter and group global search results by table
Global search filters and groups matching results by table. You can configure search sources (in Next Experience UI) or search groups to define tables and groups for global search. - Global search displays exact matching records
When your search exactly matches the Number field value for a record, global search takes you directly to that record, bypassing the search results page. - Global search displays your most recent search queries and results in Next Experience UI
When you select the empty Unified Navigation search field, the system displays lists showing your most recent search queries and your most recently viewed search results. Select a Recently Searched query to repeat it, or select a Recently Viewed search result record to navigate to it. - Set global text search properties
Administrators can control how global text search behaves with system properties. - Set the preview limit for global or workspace search in Next Experience UI
Override the default limit of 5 preview results per search source on the Next Experience UI search results page for global or workspace search. - Hide per-table search result counts in Next Experience UI
Suppress display of per-table search result counts in the Next Experience UI search results page. - Add a workspace application to the Unified Navigation search context menu
Enable users to view results for their Unified Navigation searches in workspace applications as well as in global search. - Global text search suggestions
Global text search offers two types of search suggestions.
Parent Topic:Zing text indexing and search engine
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