Table of Contents

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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Establishing a Root Node
  4. Defining the Business Entity Model
  5. Configuring Business Entity Properties
  6. Configuring Reference Entity Properties
  7. Transforming Business Entities and Views
  8. Managing Many-to-Many Relationships
  9. Configuring Search
  10. Configuring Workflow Tasks and Triggers
  11. Configuring Security and Data Filters for Business Entities
  12. Integrating Data as a Service
  13. Configuring External Calls
  14. Designing the Data Director User Interface
  15. Localizing Data Director
  16. Provisioning Tool Frequently Asked Questions

Searchable Field Properties

Searchable Field Properties

To configure the searchable field properties, you can use the Provisioning tool or apply a change list to the repository.
When you enable a searchable reference entity field as a filterable facet, the Data Director record view displays the filter field label in the following format:
<Business entity lookup field label> - <Reference entity lookup field label>
The following table describes the searchable field properties:
Property
Description
Searchable
Indicates whether a search request can search the field for a search string. To include the field in search requests, enable the property. If you do not want to include the field in search requests, disable the property.
When you enable the Searchable property, you can configure additional properties for search.
The following additional properties are available for configuration:
  • Suggester
  • Sortable
  • Language
  • Fuzzy
  • Filterable
  • Facet Range
  • Facet
  • Displayable
Suggester
Indicates whether you want to suggest the values of the field as the search string in the
Data Director
application. To suggest the values of the field as the search string, enable the property. If you do not want to suggest the values of the field as the search string, disable the property.
To ensure data security, do not enable the Suggester property for fields that contain sensitive data.
Sortable
Do not use this property.
Language
Indicates the language of the field values. You can set one of the following languages:
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • English
You must specify a language. You can use the search string in any of the configured languages. A search request searches the fields that match the language of the search string.
Fuzzy
Indicates whether you want to perform exact search or fuzzy search on the field values. An exact search returns values that match the search string. A fuzzy search returns values that match the search string and values that are similar to the search string. To perform fuzzy search on the field values, enable the property. If you want to perform exact searches on the field values, disable the property.
Filterable
Indicates whether you want to enable filtering on a field. The
Data Director
application displays the filterable fields as filters in the Search workspace. To configure the field as a filter, enable the property. If you do not want to configure the field as a filter, disable the property.
Facet Range
Indicates the range for the numeric or date fields that you configure as facets. Use the following format to specify the range:
<Start Value>,<End Value>,<Frequency>
The start value is inclusive, and the end value is exclusive in the range. For example, if you set the facet range to
1000,2000,500
for an integer field, a search request returns the following ranges:
[1000 to 1500] [1500 to 2000]
The range
1000 to 1500
includes the values from 1000 to 1499, and the range
1500 to 2000
includes the values from 1500 to 1999.
Ensure that you set a valid minimum and maximum value for the range and an offset that limits the number of ranges to 10.
Facets cannot be configured for negative numbers, but a search request still displays negative values.
For a date field, suffix
Y|M|D
to the frequency, where
Y
indicates year,
M
indicates month, and
D
indicates day. For example,
2M
indicates 2 months.
Facet
Indicates whether you want to set the field as a facet. A facet field groups the search result values and shows the count of each group.
The
Data Director
application displays the facet fields, the field values grouped based on the search results, and the count of each group in the Search workspace.
When a child record field is set as a facet field, the
Data Director
application displays a tooltip for the facet field. The format of the tooltip text is <Child record name>/<Child record field name>.
The Facet property functions in conjunction with the Filterable property, so enable the Filterable property if you want to configure the field as a facet. If you do not want to configure the field as a facet, disable the Facet property.
Displayable
Do not use this property.

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