Now we can break down the how Taxonomy supports functions on the portal, starting with Search Filtering. The basic function here is if you perform a global search on the portal, you will get a number of check boxes on the results widget that will allow the user to filter down the results. In the case of Knowledge articles, the check boxes are a combination of the Taxonomy Topic associated to the article and as well as details about the article itself. In the case of Catalog items, you'll have access to the Taxonomy Topic associated to the item. Let's take a look at how Knowledge half works.
A search for "Paycheck" gives options to filter by the Topic, which here is Compensation for all results.
To add another article to the mix to be found by our search test, you would first need to create and publish a new article in a knowledge base available on the portal. I added something generic related to my prior search.
Then add it to a Taxonomy Topic as Connected Content, in this case Retirement and separations. This creates a record in the Connected Content (m2m_connected_content) table and includes it in the search results that appear on the widget in the portal. Catalog items are added the same way.
Finally, re-run the search with the Paycheck search term and the new article shows up in our results with the new Taxonomy Topic available as a filter option.
