You can choose a default sort order that will be used with every search. (For example, you can choose an “Author, Title, Publication Date” sort order, and Information Portal will return results using this order for the elements on the search results display.)
You may want to do this because Information Portal will display the results in the order that it receives them from the Horizon database, regardless of order. If a user performs a search on the Welcome or Basic Search pages, where sort order cannot be specified, the default sort order will be used to sort the results. The default sort order will also be used on the Advanced and Power pages unless a user chooses one of the sort options there.
This change affects all profiles for your Information Portal Library.
Due to the amount of information that must be retrieved and sorted, choosing a default sort increases the time that it takes for a user to receive the results of a search.
To change the default sort order
1 | Open your Information Portal Administration tool web site. |
2 | Click the Setup tab. |
3 | Click the Libraries sub-tab. |
4 | Click the name of your Library. |
The Administration tool displays the Edit Library page.
5 | Click Library Information. |
6 | Scroll down to the Summary Display Information section: |
7 | In the Default Sort field, choose the default sort order that you want to apply to your Library. (For example, choose “Publication Date” to sort search results by date.) |
(For more information on the order of a particular sort, see the Setting Up Ascending or Descending Sort Order.)
Note: These sorts come from the word_index table in Horizon. To add another sort option, see “Creating the Index Definition” in the “Searching Setup” chapter of the Horizon System Administration Guide.
8 | Click OK. |
The Administration tool displays the Edit Library page.
9 | When you finish making changes in Information Portal, restart the Application Server process (JBoss). |
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