About Options

Options allow you to manage the Smart Search global settings. The Option settings are inherited by views but the settings in a Menu Item will override the Global settings.

The Options panel is separated into two parts. When you are finished making adjustments, select the Save button. Otherwise, select the Cancel button to abandon any changes.

Search Options

The search options control the behavior of the search forms and search results for the Finder front-end.

• Result Taxonomy - This option controls whether search results should be shown with their corresponding taxonomy(ies). Defaults to Show.
• Result Description - This option controls whether search results should be shown with descriptions. Defaults to Show.
• Description Length - This option controls the maximum character length of the search result descriptions. The descriptions are truncated to the maximum length but the truncation is always done at the last space character so as not to truncate in the middle of a word. Only effective when the Result Description option is set to Show. Defaults to 255 characters.
• Result Image - This option controls whether images within the searched content are shown in the search results. Defaults to Hide.
• Result Date - This option controls whether the modification date of the searched content is shown in the search results. Defaults to Show.
• Result URL - This option controls whether search results should be shown with URLs below the description (if enabled). Defaults to Show.
• Gather Search Statistics - Defaults to Show.
• Allow Empty Search - Defaults to Show.
• Search Suggestions - Defaults to Show.
• Did You Mean - Defaults to Show.
• Query Explanation - Defaults to Show.
• Advanced Search - This option controls whether the advanced search options should be shown. Defaults to Show.
• Advanced Tips - This option controls whether advanced search tips should be shown. Defaults to Show.
• Expand Advanced Search - The advanced search options are contained in a collapsible container. This option controls whether the advanced search options container should be expanded by default. Defaults to No.
• Date Filters - This option controls whether the date filters should be shown in the advanced search options. Defaults to Hide.
• Sort Field - This option selects the taxonomy field on which to sort the results. Defaults to "Relevance".
• Sort Direction - This option selects the order on which to sort the results. Defaults to "Descending".
• Highlight Search Terms - This option controls whether search terms should be highlighted in search results. Defaults to Yes.
• Enable OpenSearch - Defaults to Yes.
• OpenSearch Name - Defaults to nothing.
• OpenSearch Description - Defaults to nothing.

Index Options

The index options control the behavior of the indexer used to process and analyse content for searching. Most settings such as the weight multiplier and stemmer options will not produce immediate changes as they are used during indexing and the effects of changing those settings will only be seen after the index has been purged and run again.

• Search For Phrases - This option selects whether the indexer should search for phrases as described above. Impacts performance. Defaults to Disabled.
• Indexer Batch Size - This option controls the indexer batch size. The Smart Search indexer breaks up the total indexing process into a number of batches to reduce server load and avoid PHP's memory and execution time limits. If the content items being indexed are particularly short and/or the server is particularly fast, the indexer can process more items per batch. However, if the content items being indexed are particularly long and/or the server is particularly slow, the indexer has to process fewer items per batch. Defaults to 50.
• Title Text Weight Multiplier - This option controls how much influence the title text has on the overall relevance score of a search result. Defaults to 1.7.
• Body Text Weight Multiplier - This option controls how much influence the body text has on the overall relevance score of a search result. Defaults to 0.7.
• Meta Data Weight Multiplier - This option controls how much influence the meta-data text has on the overall relevance score of a search result. Defaults to 1.2.
• Path Text Weight Multiplier - This option controls how much influence the path/URL text has on the overall relevance score of a search result. Defaults to 2.0.
• Misc Text Weight Multiplier - This option controls how much influence the miscellaneous text has on the overall relevance score of a search result. Defaults to 0.3.
• Enable Logging - creates a log file during the index process. Defaults to No.
• Default Language - Defaults to None.
• Filter Common Words - Defaults to No.
• Filter Numeric Terms - Defaults to No.