Search parameters

Search parameters

The following parameters can be used in a search query in this format.
<input name="search_parameter" />

Parameter Details
search_query Search the content of any elements stored in a content item.
search_authoringtemplate Search the authoring template, if available, that was used to create the content item.
search_authors Search the name or names of the authors for the content item, if any are defined. When searching for LDAP users, the full distinguished name must be submitted. Users are unaware of what the actual distinguished name of a user will be. IBM recommends that if planning to allow users to search for authors, we should create a predefined list or dropdown to allow users to select a known author. That way the user names can be displayed in a user-friendly manner, but the parameters submitted by the form can be the distinguished name for the selected user.
search_author This is similar to search_authors except that search_author only searches the first author name for each content item, whereas search_authors searches against all the authors for each content item.
search_categories Search the categories of the content item if any are defined.
search_contentpath Search for text in the path of a content item such as the library name, folder name or site area name.
search_description Search the description of the content item.
search_effectivedate Search the effective date of the content item.
Search by date only works with the format MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss z. For example, Sep 20 2006 10:23:30 GMT. To change the format, we will need to edit the SearchService.DateFormatString parameter in the SearchService.properties file.
search_expirationdate Search the expiration date of the content item.
Search by date only works with the format MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss z. For example, Sep 20 2006 10:23:30 GMT. To change the format, we will need to edit the SearchService.DateFormatString parameter in the SearchService.properties file.
search_keywords Search the keywords of the content item if any are defined.
search_lastmodifieddate Search the last modified date of the content item.
Search by date only works with the format MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss z. For example, Sep 20 2006 10:23:30 GMT. To change the format, we need to edit the SearchService.DateFormatString parameter in the SearchService.properties file.
search_modifier Search the name of the last person to modify the content item.
search_name Search the name of the content item.
search_owners Search the name or names of our owners of the content item, if any are defined.
Search for LDAP users:
When searching for LDAP users, the full distinguished name must be submitted. Users are unaware of what the actual distinguished name of a user will be. IBM recommends that if planning to allow users to search for authors, we should create a predefined list or dropdown to allow users to select a known author. That way the user names can be displayed in a user-friendly manner, but the parameters submitted by the form can be the distinguished name for the selected user.
search_title Search the title of the content item.

Parent Create a search query

Parameter	Details
search_query	Search the content of any elements stored in a content item.
search_authoringtemplate	Search the authoring template, if available, that was used to create the content item.
search_authors	Search the name or names of the authors for the content item, if any are defined. When searching for LDAP users, the full distinguished name must be submitted. Users are unaware of what the actual distinguished name of a user will be. IBM recommends that if planning to allow users to search for authors, we should create a predefined list or dropdown to allow users to select a known author. That way the user names can be displayed in a user-friendly manner, but the parameters submitted by the form can be the distinguished name for the selected user.
search_author	This is similar to search_authors except that search_author only searches the first author name for each content item, whereas search_authors searches against all the authors for each content item.
search_categories	Search the categories of the content item if any are defined.
search_contentpath	Search for text in the path of a content item such as the library name, folder name or site area name.
search_description	Search the description of the content item.
search_effectivedate	Search the effective date of the content item. Search by date only works with the format MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss z. For example, Sep 20 2006 10:23:30 GMT. To change the format, we will need to edit the SearchService.DateFormatString parameter in the SearchService.properties file.
search_expirationdate	Search the expiration date of the content item. Search by date only works with the format MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss z. For example, Sep 20 2006 10:23:30 GMT. To change the format, we will need to edit the SearchService.DateFormatString parameter in the SearchService.properties file.
search_keywords	Search the keywords of the content item if any are defined.
search_lastmodifieddate	Search the last modified date of the content item. Search by date only works with the format MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss z. For example, Sep 20 2006 10:23:30 GMT. To change the format, we need to edit the SearchService.DateFormatString parameter in the SearchService.properties file.
search_modifier	Search the name of the last person to modify the content item.
search_name	Search the name of the content item.
search_owners	Search the name or names of our owners of the content item, if any are defined. Search for LDAP users: When searching for LDAP users, the full distinguished name must be submitted. Users are unaware of what the actual distinguished name of a user will be. IBM recommends that if planning to allow users to search for authors, we should create a predefined list or dropdown to allow users to select a known author. That way the user names can be displayed in a user-friendly manner, but the parameters submitted by the form can be the distinguished name for the selected user.
search_title	Search the title of the content item.