Search signal tables

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    Summary of Search Signal Tables

    Search signal tables store data related to user searches, refinements, and interactions, helping to enhance the relevance of search results in your ServiceNow system. This information is crucial for understanding user behavior and improving search functionality.

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    Key Features

    • Search Signal Event Table: Captures data from user searches, including browser information, geographic coordinates, matched query intents, and response time.
    • Search Signal Result Event Table: Records data about selected search results, including user details, query information, and source table references.
    • Search Signal Result Event Action Table: Tracks user interactions with search results, detailing the type of interaction and the corresponding signal values.
    • Search Autocomplete Query Event Table: Logs data for selected auto-complete suggestions, including user location and the search profile used.
    • Genius Result Event Action Table: Collects interaction data for Genius Result answer cards, including action types and matched intents.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing search signal tables, ServiceNow customers can gain valuable insights into user search patterns, enhance the accuracy of search results, and ultimately improve user satisfaction with the search functionality. Understanding and leveraging this data can lead to more effective decision-making and enhanced service delivery. Additionally, as these are system tables, they are excluded from reporting by default, requiring configuration for reporting purposes.

    Search uses tables to store details from user searches, search refinements, and interactions with search results. These details are called search signals. Data from the search signal tables helps improve the relevancy of search results in your system.

    Search signals refer to user, query, and similar data stored in columns on search suggestion tables. For a guide to search suggestion tables and their columns, see Search Suggestions tables.
    Note:
    Because the search signal tables are system tables, they are excluded from the Reporting module by default. To learn about enabling reporting on system tables, see Reporting on system tables.

    Search Signal Event table

    The Search Signal Event [sys_search_signal_event] table stores signal data produced when users submit a search.

    Table 1. sys_search_signal_event
    Column Description
    Search event Reference to the record for the search event on the Search Event [sys_search_event] table.
    Browser User browser agent string.
    Latitude Latitude coordinate of the user location in decimal degrees.
    Longitude Longitude coordinate of the user location in decimal degrees.
    Matched Query Intents List of query intents matched in the user search query.
    First page results JSON array of objects in which each node represents a single result returned in the first page of results for the search. The result order is preserved. Each object includes the unique record identifier (sys_id) of a result and the table where the result is located.
    Note:
    The first page results aren't updated when you refine a search.
    Search Response Time(ms) Time taken by the search, in milliseconds.
    User Query Language Language of the user search query.

    Search Signal Result Event table

    The Search Signal Result Event [sys_search_signal_result_event] table stores signal data for search results that users select.

    Table 2. sys_search_signal_result_event
    Column Description
    Search query Search query that led to the search result selection.
    User User that selected the search result.
    Result DocID Source table and record names for the selected search result.
    Description Short description for the selected search result.
    Source Table Source table for the selected search result.
    AIS DocID Source table name and record sys_id for the selected search result.
    Result Type Type of search result selected. For example, REGULAR for a regular search result or GENIUS for a Genius Result answer card.
    Search Signal Event Reference to the record for the search on the Search Signal Event [sys_search_signal_event] table.
    Number Record number for the selected search result.
    Domain Domain to which the selected search result belongs.
    Use for Suggestions Option indicating whether AI Search uses this result selection when computing auto-complete suggestions. For more details, see Auto-complete suggestions in AI Search applications
    Source URL URL for the selected search result.
    Action Data JSON array of objects representing the search result selection action.

    Search Signal Result Event Action table

    The Search Signal Result Event Action [sys_search_signal_result_event_action] table stores signal data for user interactions with search results.

    Table 3. sys_search_signal_result_event_action
    Column Description
    Signal Type The type of user interaction signal recorded for the search result. For example, CLICK indicates that the user selected a search result.
    Signal Value The value for the user interaction signal. For example, when the signal type is CLICK, the signal value is the numeric index for the search result that the user selected.
    Search Signal Result Event Reference to the record for the search result on the Search Signal Result Event [sys_search_signal_result_event] table.

    Search Autocomplete Query Event table

    The Search Autocomplete Query Event [sys_search_autocomplete_query_event] table stores signal data for auto-complete suggestions that users select from the search input field.

    Table 4. sys_search_autocomplete_query_event
    Column Description
    Selected Query The auto-complete suggested query that the user selected in the search input field.
    Click Index The numeric index of the auto-complete suggestion that the user selected in the search input field.
    Latitude Latitude coordinate of the user location in decimal degrees.
    Longitude Longitude coordinate of the user location in decimal degrees.
    Search Profile Reference to the search profile used for the search query.

    Genius Result Event Action table

    The Genius Result Event Action [sys_search_genius_result_event_action] table stores signal data for user interactions with Genius Result answer cards.

    Table 5. sys_search_genius_result_event_action
    Column Description
    Action Id The identifier for this Genius Result event action signal.
    Action Type The type of action taken from the Genius Result answer card.
    Action Value The value, if any, for the action taken from the Genius Result answer card.
    Matched Genius Result Intents List of NLU model intents matched by the action taken from the Genius Result answer card.
    Note:
    This field is only populated for Genius Result configurations with NLU triggers.
    Card Type The type of Genius Result answer card that the user interacted with.
    Search Signal Result Event Reference to the record for the Genius Result answer card on the Search Signal Result Event [sys_search_signal_result_event] table.