When you add global search to a CMS site, two different search result blocks can
display, depending on the user role: global or no global.
Roles are defined at .
- Search Results (Global): For users with permission to use the global search within the
normal frame set. The normal frame set is defined as the default, non-CMS user interface
with the set of frames.
- Search Results (No Global): For users without permission to use the global search.
Searches only the knowledge base and the catalog.
The header search bar and the Search dynamic block in the base system both
automatically handle the permissions and direct the user to the appropriate search results.
In the base system, the search result blocks are deployed on the same Search Results content
page.
In order for the global search to work properly, it is important to ensure that
the DEFAULT directs users to a working content page. If not, the results from the global
search link back to the frame set, not to pages within the CMS site.
Search Results (Global)
Before you use the Search Results (Global) dynamic block, define
content types to control the behavior a search result is clicked. If no content
type is defined for a table, selecting a link on that table renders the results according to
the DEFAULT content type. It is good practice to point the
DEFAULT content type to a page with a normal "Current Document"
detailed block. Set the content type detail (Detail Template field)
to have just an iFrame.
The Search Results (No Global) dynamic block does not require any
additional configuration.
