Content searches provide a way to match your search terms against document content, embedded metadata, and asset views. The ability to search for content within each of these contexts is configurable and can be enabled or disabled according to your organization's preferences.
Searching content
Content searches can be performed in two ways, depending on your site's configuration.
Advanced search
- Use the search bar dropdown menu; click Advanced.
- Select Contents from the Search type dropdown menu.
- Type your search term into the Value line. Content searches are case-insensitive.
- Click Search.
Keyword search
Content search is not enabled by default in the basic search bar. Contact your site administrator to configure this option.
- Use the search bar dropdown menu; click Keyword.
- Type the search content into the Search bar.
- Click Enter on your keyboard.
Supported document formats
The text content of the following file formats will be indexed if content searching is enabled. Asset view and embedded metadata content will be indexed and searchable for all file formats, if enabled.
- csv
- docx/doc
- eml
- html
- pptx/ppt
- rtf
- swf
- txt
- vtt
- xlsx
Content search settings
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| searchEngine.contentIndexingEnabled |
If this property is true, document text will be indexed when a file of a supported format is uploaded or reindexed. Setting this property's value to false will disable document content indexing. Enabling content indexing may impact the relevancy of certain search results (such as keyword searches). Any change to this property will require a reindex. Value options: true / false Default: true Requires restart? Yes |
| search.keywordIncludeContents |
If this property is true, the contents of document files will be searchable while performing both keyword and advanced content searches. If false, keyword search results will not include document content. By default, this property is disabled. Value options: true / false Default: false Requires restart? Yes |
| search.index.asset.contents.includeSubtitles |
If this property is true, the contents of VTT files added as views to assets will be indexed for content searches while using keywordoradvancedsearches. If this property is false, VTT contents will not be indexed or searchable. Any change to this property will require a reindex. Value options: true / false Requires restart? No |
| searchEngine.indexAssetViewContent |
If this property is true, the contents of assetviews will be indexed and searchable while performing keyword and advanced content searches. Any change to this property will require a reindex. Value options: true / false Requires restart? No |
| searchEngine.metadataExcludeEmbedded |
If the value of this property is true, embedded metadata will not be searchable. If the value of this property is false, embedded metadata will be searchable and included in any search results. Value options: true / false Requires restart? No |
Document search settings
By default, there is a restriction on the size of documents the system will index. The following properties adjust this default:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| searchEngine.contentIndexingMaxSize |
The value of this property should be the maximum file size of an asset, in bytes, that NetX will index content for while uploading and reindexing assets. If an asset is larger than the value of this property, its content will not be indexed. This property applies to doc, html, pdf, ppt, rtf, swf, xlsx, and docx file types. The default value is 25000000. Value options: number, in bytes Requires restart? No |
| searchEngine.contentIndexingMaxPlainSize |
The value of this property should be the maximum file size of an asset, in bytes, that NetX will index content for while uploading and reindexing assets. If an asset is larger than the value of this property, its content will not be indexed. This property applies to csv, eml, and text file types. The default value is 5000000. Value options: number, in bytes Requires restart? No |