The following table lists and describes all available search parameters. Each of these parameters can be used to extend or enhance the functionality of the search page templates or to create new search page templates from scratch.
For more information about how to implement parameters in an HTML document, see Section 9.0, Customizing Your Templates and Search Forms.
NOTE:If you use a parameter but leave its value blank, the default value for that parameter is used.
Table 8-24 Search Parameters
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Name |
Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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basiclogin |
Boolean |
Displays the browser's basic authentication dialog box. Syntax: basiclogin= true|false Options: True, False Example: basiclogin=True |
|
bbindex |
String |
Specifies which Best Bets index to use. Can be used multiple times to specify additional indexes. Overrides the default setting. Syntax: bbindex= variable Alternate Syntax: bbindex= indexname; indexname Example: bbindex=myindex Default: None (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
bbshow |
Boolean |
Specifies whether or not the Best Bets list should be shown on the search results page. Overrides the default setting. Syntax: bbshow= true|false Options: True, False Example: bbshow=true Default: True (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
bbnum |
Integer |
Specifies the number of Best Bets to show on the results page. Overrides the default setting. Syntax: bbnum= variable Options: Any positive number less than or equal to the maximum number specified in QuickFinder Server Manager Example: bbnum=5 Default: None (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
buttonpressed |
String |
A button clicked by the user. If this value is part of the query, then a response message should not be sent to the client. Syntax: buttonpressed= button_name Options: Yes, No, OK, Cancel, Continue, Ignore, Retry, Prev, Next, Help Example: buttonpressed=Cancel |
|
context |
String |
Overrides the user's default context for the current login. Syntax: context= variable Example: context=sales.novell Default: None (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
country |
String |
Specifies your country using the two-character, uppercase country value derived from ISO 3166. Syntax: country= country code Example: country=TW Default: As specified by Web browser language preferences |
|
date |
Integer |
Specifies a date range to be searched in milliseconds. If you pass a positive number such as 940457147873, then QuickFinder creates a date and time based on the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970; 12:00 a.m. For example, the number 940457147873 produces the search start date of October 20, 1999, at 4:05:47 p.m. The example shows the number of milliseconds spanning a three-month time frame. The minus sign (-) before the number indicates three months back in time. Syntax: date= number Example: date=-7905600000 |
|
encoding |
String |
Specifies the character set encoding used to encode the search request itself. Syntax: encoding= value Example: encoding=Shift_JIS Default: UTF-8 (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
expandindex |
String |
Specifies an expanded search index. You can specify more than one index at a time. Overrides the default setting. Syntax: expandindex= variable Alternate Syntax: expandindex= indexname1; indexname2; indexname3 Example: expandindex=developerindex Default: None (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
filefilter |
String |
Filters search results based on their path, domain, filename, or extension. Uses the same query syntax as the &query= parameter. NOTE:If a primary &query= parameter is not provided, then QuickFinder automatically performs a filename-only search. Syntax: filefilter= search_criteria Example: filefilter=.exe Example: filefilter=.com |
|
filter query_number |
String |
The &filter#= query parameter is used to send additional query details not specified by the user to help limit the scope of a search. Normally, these are included as hidden fields on an HTML form. This parameter supports all of the same features and functionality as the &query= parameter. However, unlike the &query= parameter, this parameter can be sent multiple times for a single query item. The individual filters associated with a single query item are joined using the value of the filteroperator parameter. The set of filters is logically joined with the rest of the query item using the Boolean AND operator. Syntax: filter query_number=searchcriteria Example: filter0=/product=GroupWise See also filteroperator query_number. |
|
filteroperator query_number |
Number |
Boolean conjunction to be used between multiple filters (several filters can be associated with a single query item). The complete set of filters is always associated with the corresponding query item using the Boolean AND operator. Syntax: filteroperator query_number= number Options: 0 (AND), 1 (OR), 2 (PHRASE) Example: filteroperator0=1 Default: 1 (OR) See also the query parameters operator query_number and filter query_number. |
|
gettotalhits |
Boolean |
Enables or disables the total number of hits calculation. For example, if you set the gettotalhits parameter to False, the Total Number of Hits label on the results page displays 0 (zero). Setting this parameter to True shows the total number of hits found during the search. In some complex situations, this can save valuable processing time. Syntax: gettotalhits= True|False Options: True, False Example: gettotalhits=False Default: True |
|
id query_number |
String |
Document ID that is used to narrow a search. You can specify more than one ID by using the same field name more than once. Syntax: id query_number= documentID Example: &id0=z1.0010.&id0=z1.0020 Default: None |
|
index |
String |
Restricts a search to one or more specified indexes. The index name you specify using this parameter must exactly match the name of an index defined at the server. You can specify more than one index by either sending this parameter more than once or by separating the list of indexes with a semicolon (;). Syntax: index= index_name1[;index_name2] Example: index=GroupWise&index=NetWare Example: index=GroupWise;NetWare Default: All indexes or the list of default indexes specified in QuickFinder Server Manager. |
|
lang |
String |
Specifies a language using the two-character, lowercase language value derived from ISO 639-1. Syntax: lang= language_code Example: lang=ja Default: Browser language preference |
|
login |
Boolean |
When set to True, displays a form-based login rather than the standard browser-based login dialog box. Syntax: login= True|False Options: True, False Example: login=True |
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logout |
Boolean |
When set to True, logs out the current user. Syntax: logout= True|False Options: True, False Example: logout=True |
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noexpand |
Boolean |
When set to True, turns off search expansion. Syntax: noexpand= variable Options: True, False Example: noexpand=True |
|
noredirect |
Boolean |
When set to True, turns URL redirection off. Syntax: noredirect= True|False Options: True, False Example: noredirect=True |
|
numhits |
Integer |
Number of hits you want returned at one time in the search results page. Syntax: numhits= number Example: numhits=25 Default: 25 (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
operator query_number |
Integer |
Which operator to use between two or more words in a search. Syntax: operator query_number= number Options: 0 (AND), 1 (OR), 2 (PHRASE) Example: operator0=1 Default: 0 (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
|
password |
String |
User's password for form-based logins. Syntax: password= variable Example: password=novell |
|
query query_number |
String |
Actual search criteria that is passed to the QuickFinder Server. Because multiple queries can be defined in a single search request, the number variable lets you group various parameters together that apply to a specific query. Adding the same number to two or more parameters groups them together so they can be applied to the same query. For example, &query0=product+downloads&weight0=100 groups the &weight query parameter together with &query0. This parameter is used most often with operator number, filter number, filteroperator number, id number, weight number, and type number. Syntax: query query_number= searchcriteria Example: query0=novell+AND+groupwise For more information, see Section 6.6, Weighted Queries. |
|
relevance |
String |
Whether or not to sort the search results by relevance. Turning this feature off is a potential speed gain because the sort algorithm won't run. Syntax: relevance= True|False Options: True, False Example: relevance=False Default: True |
|
retencoding |
String |
Specifies the character set encoding to be used by the next results page returned to the user. Syntax: retencoding= character_set_encoding Example: retencoding=iso-8859-1 Default: UTF8 (specified using QuickFinder Server Manager) |
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retfield |
String |
Level of detail given about each result item. The fewer the details, the faster a search is returned to a user. Field names include title, author, URL, changedate, language, summary, relevance, index, format, and filelength. IMPORTANT:Type these fields exactly as they appear above. To specify more than one field, separate them with an ampersand (&). Syntax: retfield= field_name Example: retfield=title Example: retfield=title&retfield=author |
|
server |
String |
Name of the virtual search server which is to receive this request. This query parameter is optional if the domain name of the request matches the name or alias of a registered virtual search server. Syntax: server= virtual_search_server_name Example: server=digitalairlines Default: Domain name portion of search request |
|
showfirsthit |
Boolean |
If set to True, rather than displaying the search results page, this parameter automatically goes to the URL of the first hit on the current page. Syntax: showfirsthit= True|False Options: True, False Example: showfirsthit=True Default: False |
|
sortbydate |
String |
Sorts the Total Search Results list by date, ignoring the normal relevance ordering. Syntax: sortbydate= True|False Options: True, False Example: sortbydate=true Default: False |
|
sortfield query_number |
String |
Specifies the fields on which to sort the search results returned in a results page. Grouped together with the sortorder query parameter by adding a number to the end of the parameter name. Field names include title, author, URL, changedate, language, summary, relevance, index, format, and filelength. IMPORTANT:Type these fields exactly as they appear above. Syntax: sortfield query_number= field_name Example: sortfield1=title |
|
sortkeys |
Integer |
Specifies the number of sort fields that should be used to sort the search results. Syntax: sortkeys= number Example: sortkeys=1 |
|
sortorder query_number |
Integer |
Specifies the alphanumeric ordering of search result items (hits). Grouped together with the sortfield query parameter by adding a number to the end of the parameter name. Syntax: sortorder query_number= number Options: 0 (Ascending), 1 (Descending), 2 (Default for each field) Example: sortorder1=0 |
|
starthit |
Integer |
Hit number you want QuickFinder to begin searching from. If you specify a value of 35, QuickFinder returns hits beginning with hit number 35. Syntax: starthit= number Example: starthit=35 Default: 1 |
|
synflag |
String |
When set to False, turns off synonym-enhanced searching. Also overrides the default specified in QuickFinder Server Manager. Syntax: synflag= True|False Options: True, False Example: synflag=False Default: True |
|
template |
String |
Specifies the results template you want your search results returned in. The following list of templates are the default templates included with the QuickFinder Server. However, your QuickFinder Server administrator might have created custom templates using different names. Check with your administrator if the default templates do not work for you. You must type the names of these templates exactly as they appear in this list:
Localized versions for multiple languages can also be used. See Section 10.1, Working with Multiple Languages. HINT:A number of different file formats can be used as QuickFinder templates. For example, QuickFinder ships both HTML and XML templates. QuickFinder uses the current template filename extension to determine which template filename to use next. For example, if a user specifies the ResultListTerseTemplate.xml file for the current query, but the search produces a Not Found condition, QuickFinder automatically tries to find a template named ResultListNoHitsTemplate.xml. Syntax: template= filename Example: template=ResultList.html Default: Search Page (SearchTemplate.html), Search Results (ResultListTemplate.html), and Print (PrintResultTemplate.html) Default templates are specified using QuickFinder Server Manager. |
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theme |
String |
Name of the theme (or directory within the templates directory) where a complete set of search and print templates are stored. Syntax: theme= theme_name Example: theme=Intranet |
|
type query_number |
Integer |
Type of search.
Syntax: type query_number= number Options:
Example: type0=2 Default: 0 (zero) |
|
url |
String |
Specified as a parameter to the Highlight servlet to determine the URL to highlight. The URL is highlighted only if the current user has rights to the file. The value must be properly URL-escaped. Syntax: url= value Example: url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.novell.com%2Findex.html |
|
userid |
String |
User ID for form-based logins. Syntax: userid= variable Example: userid=jsmith |
|
weight query_number |
Integer |
Assigns a level of importance to the current query item as far as it relates to the other query items that are part of the search query. QuickFinder Server uses this number along with the relevance number to determine a search result's final relevance and then orders the results accordingly. Range: 0 to 100 Syntax: weight query_number= number Example: weight0=75 Default: 100 |