Assigning a Search Category Group for Information Portal to Use

Once you create your search category groups, you can assign them for Information Portal to use. This way, your users can access and use the quick searches in the group.

When you assign a search category group, you can choose how you want Information Portal to display the categories in the group. You can choose to have Information Portal display the search categories in one of these ways:

You must have your search categories assigned as an Information Portal search (as opposed to a sub-category) for either the root search categories or the next level under your root categories.

Only the root search categories in a search category group (or the first level only). For example, Information Portal might display something like this on a searching page:

Art
Science
Music
Literature

The root search categories and the next level of sub-categories or searches (or all of the levels of sub-categories or searches under the root). For example, Information Portal might display something like this on a searching page:

Art

Classical
Modern

Science

Biology
Chemistry

Music

Classical
Popular

Literature

Classical
Modern

The root search categories and the next level of sub-categories or searches (or all of the levels of sub-categories or searches under the root) as Hot Picks. For example, Information Portal might display something like this on a searching page:

Caldecott Awards

2001
2000
1999

New York Times Best Sellers

Fiction
Non-Fiction

All Best Sellers

A combination of the previous options (such as only the root categories of one group and Hot Picks). For example, Information Portal might display something like this on a searching page:

Art

Science

Music

Literature

Caldecott Awards

2001
2000
1999

New York Times Best Sellers

Fiction
Non-Fiction

All Best Sellers

To assign a search category group for Information Portal to use

1 Open your Information Portal Administration tool web site.
2 Click the Customize tab.
3 Click the Interface sub-tab.
4 Click the Tabset option.

The Administration tool displays the Tabsets page.

5 Click the name of the tabset to which you want to assign a search category group.

The Administration tool displays the Edit Tabset page.

6 Click Edit Sub-Tabs.
7 Click the tab that has the sub-tab that you want. (For example, click the Search tab.)
8 Click the sub-tab where you want to assign a search category group.

The Administration tool displays the Update Subtab page:

 

9 In the Additional Parameters field, do one of these options:

If you want Information Portal to display this

Do this

Only the root search categories in a search category group (or the first level only)

1 Enter an ampersand ( & ).
2 Enter “catnum=”.
3 Enter the automatically assigned number of the search category group that you want Information Portal to display.

You can view this number on the Search Category Groups page. (For more information, see Adding or Changing a Search Category Group.)

Here is an example entry:
&catnum=1

The root search categories and the next level of sub-categories or searches (or all of the levels of sub-categories or searches under the root)

1 Enter an ampersand ( & ).
2 Enter “catdeepnum=”.
3 Enter the automatically assigned number of the search category group that you want Information Portal to display.

You can view this number on the Search Category Groups page. (For more information, see Adding or Changing a Search Category Group.)

Here is an example entry:
&catdeepnum=2

The root search categories and the next level of sub-categories or searches (or all of the levels of sub-categories or searches under the root) as Hot Picks

1 Enter an ampersand ( & ).
2 Enter “bslnum=”.
3 Enter the automatically assigned number of the search category group that you want Information Portal to display.

You can view this number on the Search Category Groups page. (For more information, see Adding or Changing a Search Category Group.)

Here is an example entry:
&bslnum=3

A combination of the previous options (such as only the root categories of one group and Hot Picks)

1 Enter an ampersand ( & ).
2 Enter the code for what you want Information Portal to display first, followed by an equals sign ( = ). (For example, enter “catnum=”.)
3 Enter the automatically assigned number of the search category group that you want Information Portal to display.

You can view this number on the Search Category Groups page. (For more information, see Adding or Changing a Search Category Group.)

4 Enter an ampersand ( & ) again.
5 Enter the code for what you want Information Portal to display next, followed by an equals sign ( = ). (For example, enter “bslnum=”.)
6 Enter the automatically assigned number of the search category group that you want Information Portal to display.
7 Repeat steps 4 through 6 in this table as many times as necessary to have Information Portal display all of the categories that you want.

Here is an example entry:
&catnum=2&bslnum=3

10 Click OK.

The Administration tool display the Edit Sub-Tabs.

11 Click Done twice.
12 When you finish making changes in Information Portal, restart the Application Server process (JBoss).

 


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