Setting search preferences

Search preferences specify the default search locations and enable smart navigation.

To set your search preferences:

  1. Select Tools > Preferences.

  2. Select the Search tab.

  3. In the Default Search Locations area, do one of the following:

    • To set your default search locations to the repositories in your default repositories list, select My Favorite Repositories.

    • To set your default search location to the repository you are currently viewing, select Current repository only.

    • To set your default search locations to other locations, select Others, and then Select. In Available Repositories or Available Sources, navigate to, and select a specific location, and then click the appropriate arrow to add the location. Add as many locations as appropriate. The location can be a repository, a cabinet or a folder. Available Sources is displayed only if Documentum Administrator is configured to search external sources.

  4. In the Smart Navigation area (if available), select whether to enable the grouping of search results in clusters according to a specific properties.

    If you select Enabled, select the properties used for smart navigation by clicking Edit, and then selecting properties in the drop-down lists. To add or remove properties, use the appropriate buttons.

    Smart navigation is available only if Federated Search Services are installed on Content Server.

  5. To save your changes, click OK.

To select the columns displayed in the result pages, set your column preferences.

To retrieve the default configuration of the search locations, and of smart navigation, click Restore defaults.