10.4. Displaying Search Results

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## 10.4. Displaying Search Results

Once you initiate a keyword or advanced search, your search results will be displayed in the file list window on the List tab. Each entry is displayed as a path to an object that meets the search criteria. The title bar will display the number of objects that are returned. The view will contain details about each object that is found, such as size, type, date modified, and so on. You can filter the list according to any of the displayed properties. For details see Filtering the View. You can redisplay the results as a tree by clicking the Tree tab in the file list window. The Tree display shows the folders that found files are contained in. You can collapse and expand folders to control the amount of information shown and to help you navigate the tree.

Figure 10.7: Keyword Search Results Example - List View shows an example of search results displayed in List view. Figure 10.8: Keyword Search Results Example - Tree View shows the same search results displayed in Tree view. In this example, several objects were found for the keyword “fluent”. EKM will return any file that contains “fluent” in its file contents, folders that have “fluent” in their name, and any object that has “fluent” listed in its properties.

For keyword searches, snippets are displayed in the search results for certain file types. A snippet contains a few lines of text around the keyword and provides relevant information about the object so that you can understand what it is without having to open the object. Snippets are extracted for files such as .txt, .doc, .pdf, .ppt, .rtf, .xml, .xls, .html, and any file whose MIME type is set as `text/plain` in EKM.

To open a file or folder displayed in the search results, simply click on its entry in the file list window. The number of rows and columns that are displayed in the Search Results list are determined by the List Display settings in your Preferences. Reverse and forward navigation buttons are provided to allow you to move back and forth between pages. By default, all search results are displayed in a single page.

When you right-click any search result link in a display, you can access the context menu for the object. This means that you can act on objects directly from the Search Results, without having to navigate to the folder they are contained in. For example, if you want to place an object that you have retrieved under version control, simply right-click the link in a search result display and select Edit > Versioning > Add to Version Control from the context menu. As always, the actions you are presented with depend on the permissions that are set for the object in its source folder.

Figure 10.7: Keyword Search Results Example - List View

Figure 10.8: Keyword Search Results Example - Tree View

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