Create a search source

Create a search source to define what records can be found in your search bar.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

About this task

In these steps, you create the search source to define what search results your users can see. Each search source consists of a table, and optional conditions. User will see results from the selected table, limited by the conditions you define in the search source. You could, for example, select the Incident [incident] table, and then create a condition so that only incidents in the open state appear in search results. You can define more than one search source for a search, so your users can find records from multiple tables that match their search input.

Procedure

1. In the filter navigator, enter sys_search_source.list.
2. Click New.
3. On the Search Source field, fill in the fields.

   Table 1. Search Source form

   Field	Description
   Name	The name of your search source. Enter a name that includes the name of the table you intend to use to make the search source easy to identify.
   Application	The scoped application for the search source. This field is ready only and automatically contains the name of the current application.
   Table	The table for this search source.
   Conditions	Conditions under which a record from the selected table appears in search results. For example, if you select <Active><is><true>, only active records appear in your search results.

   A search source configured for the User [sys_user] table.
4. Select Save.
5. Optional: Repeat steps 1 through 4 to define additional sources for your search.
   Note that additional search sources can impact the performance of your searches.