From the Perspective and Category lists, choose the perspectives and categories in

2-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal 7. Optionally, restrict your search to specific attributes of pages and items. For example, if you know that the item you want to find contains the word aerobics in its title, or that it was added some time after 10-OCT-04, you can search for those particular attributes. a. Click Choose Attributes to specify additional attribute search criteria. Move all the attributes you require for the search to the Selected list, choose the order in which they are displayed, and then click OK. All those you select are displayed on the search form. b. For each attribute, choose the appropriate search operator; for example Contains All , Equals, Greater than. If Oracle Text is enabled some additional search operators are available. See also Table 2–1, Search Operators . c. For each attribute, enter the words that you want to search for, for example aerobics or 10-OCT-04. You can also enter expressions in this field, including USER for the current user and TODAY for todays date.

8. Click Search.

2.2.2 Interpreting Search Results

The Search Results Page can display items, pages, categories, or perspectives that meet your search criteria. It will not display: ■ Content that you are not authorized to view ■ Content that has expired, or is not yet published ■ Page content that is derived from a template ■ Portlet instances or Portal Smart Links ■ Multiple versions of an item. When versioning in enabled, only the current version of items are returned in search results. Figure 2–4 shows how search results are displayed. Note: New or recently modified portal content will not be returned in search results until the changes are reflected in the Oracle Text search indexes. If your portal is installed in Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Text indexes can be set up to synchronize immediately after portal content is added, updated, or deleted. Contact your portal administrator to learn more about the synchronization schedule for Oracle Text indexes in your portal. For more information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal. Interacting with Your Portal 2-13 Figure 2–4 Example of Search Results Page ■ Items: Click the Items tab to display a list of the items that meet your search criteria. Click the item display name to display the item itself. ■ Pages: Click the Pages tab to display a list of the pages that meet your search criteria. Click a page name to display that page. ■ Categories: Click the Categories tab to display a list of the categories that meet your search criteria. Click a category display name to list the items associated with that category. ■ Perspectives: Click the Perspectives tab to display a list of the perspectives that meet your search criteria. Click a perspective display name to list the items associated with that perspective. If the search criteria includes a specific category or perspective, you can ignore the results on the Categories and Perspectives tabs. When you search by category or perspective, only the Items and Pages tabs display valid results. Bulk Action Link If you are searching in a single page group, a Bulk Action link may be displayed to allow you to perform actions on multiple search results simultaneously. This link is not displayed for searches on the Shared Objects page group. The Bulk Action link is a configurable option on search results pages, it is not displayed by default. For more information on displaying the Bulk Action link, for Custom Search portlets only, see Section 16.3.3, The Custom Search Form. Search Result Information Figure 2–5 shows the default information that is displayed alongside item links returned in search results. The page designer determines which attributes are displayed with each search result and whether the attributes display links, see Section 16.3.4.3, Customizing Search Results. The default attributes include the object’s Create Date, its page group, and its classification category and perspectives. If you click a link but you do not have the required access privileges then access to the object will be denied. Figure 2–5 Search Result Information