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search custom properties?

aweber1nj — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:38:43 GMT

Newbie question: I think I saw this referenced somewhere, but I can't locate it now…Is there a "trick" or additional step that has to be performed after installing a custom content model such that properties designated as "Indexed" will actually be indexed and searchable through the default share "

Re: search custom properties?

jpotts — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:17:32 GMT

There's no trick. They'll be added to the index automatically. You should be able to search for them in the Share Search box by typing the namespace followed by the property name followed by the property value. For example, given a property named "scroduct", I can search for values of that property like this:

scroduct:'Foo'

If you want users to be able to simply type "Foo" and have Share include "scroduct" in the list of properties it searches against by default, that's different and that does require a little bit of work, but it isn't bad. Basically, you override the search web script on the repository tier.

Hope that gets you pointed in the right direction.

Jeff

Re: search custom properties?

aweber1nj — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:45:52 GMT

OK, the latter "feature" is exactly what I'd like my users to be able to do.

Do you know of any Wiki articles or similar information for me to review to tweak the search web script?

(I leveraged many points of your "content article", thank you for that. Maybe this kind of info should be added to v3? )

Thanks again,
AJ

Re: search custom properties?

jpotts — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:10:24 GMT

It turns out this has gotten easier in Alfresco 4. The "search template" has been moved to a config file, so you do not have to override the entire search.lib.js file, which is a Good Thing.

So, if you are using Alfresco 4, here are the steps:

1. Copy $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.config.xml to $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.config.xml

2. Edit $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.config.xml

3. Add your custom properties to the default-query-template element. For example, suppose I want to add scroduct and sc:version to the list of properties that are searched by default. My default-query-template element would look like this:

<search>
   <default-query-template>%(cm:name cm:title cm:description sc:product sc:version ia:whatEvent ia:descriptionEvent lnk:title lnk:description TEXT TAG)</default-query-template>
</search>‍‍‍

4. Save the file, restart Tomcat, & search!

If you are using a release older than Alfresco 4, the concept is the same, but instead of overriding search.get.config.xml you will override search.lib.js and change the QUERY_TEMPLATES constant.

Jeff

Re: search custom properties?

aweber1nj — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:15:20 GMT

This worked great, Jeff.

Thank you for the detailed reply.

Does adding "too many" properties to that default search list slow down searches? While I appreciate Alfresco's ability to restrict the default search criteria, I'm just wondering what the best-practices might be to balance "usability" and performance.

Thanks again!
-AJ

Re: search custom properties?

jpotts — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:19:02 GMT

I suppose it would at some point–I don't know where that point is. Worth testing out.

Glad you got it working!

Jeff

Re: search custom properties?

jpotts — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:21:59 GMT

What is this?

2012-08-28 09:29:55,971 WARN [extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeRegistry] [Thread-1] Unable to register script classpath:webscripts/org/springframework/extensions/cmis/content.get.desc.xml due to error: 07280000 Web Script document org/springframework/extensions/cmis/content.get.desc.xml is attempting to define the url '/cmis/content:GET' already defined by org/alfresco/cmis/client/content.get.desc.xml

Did you create that web script in org/springframework/extensions?

Jeff

Re: search custom properties?

jpotts — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:22:36 GMT

Sorry, I should have been more specific. The error message is complaining about a web script in:
classpath:webscripts/org/springframework/extensions/cmis/content.get.desc.xml

And I'm just wondering where that web script came from. In my installation of 4.0.d, when I browse the web script index by package I see no such web script in that package which makes me think it should not be there. Could it be that you tried to extend some other web script by creating a new web script in that package? You might try moving the entire "cmis" folder under org/springframework/extensions to a backup directory somewhere outside of the Alfresco classpath and restart.

Jeff

Re: search custom properties?

jpotts — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:20:48 GMT

If you removed that file and you restarted tomcat, you should not be seeing that exact same error message. Can you check to see if that is the case and provide the new error message if you are getting a different one?

Jeff

Re: search custom properties?

kevinnason — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:32:37 GMT

Hello Jeff, I'm new to the forum and Alfresco. I followed the above instructions on inserting my custom properties into the Search.get.config.xml file and my searches still come up with zero results. Any thoughts

Re: search custom properties?

applelam — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 04:16:34 GMT

I can't find "<default-query-template>%(cm:name cm:title cm:description scroduct sc:version ia:whatEvent ia:descriptionEvent lnk:title lnk:description TEXT TAG)</default-query-template>" in Alfresco5.0.a. Please help me!

Re: search custom properties?

kaynezhang — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:51:18 GMT

Open file

 $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib/alfresco-remote-api-5.0.a-SNAPSHOT.jar‍

,and browse to

alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/search‍

,it is now packaged in this jar file.

Re: search custom properties?

anujcb — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:44:21 GMT

Thank you, let me try this out!

Re: search custom properties?

ebuild — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:50:11 GMT

Do we have to update the xml file inside the alfresco-remote-api-5.0.a-SNAPSHOT.jar or put the pointed folder. I have tried both but results are always empty

Re: search custom properties?

mrogers — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:31:13 GMT

You should *NEVER* update anything inside the webapps folder. That includes hacking files in some WEB-INF folder.

Re: search custom properties?

ebuild — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:51:22 GMT

<blockquote>You should *NEVER* update anything inside the webapps folder. That includes hacking files in some WEB-INF folder.</blockquote>

So how to add the said custom aspect properties in search

Re: search custom properties?

jakeer — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:06:44 GMT

Thank in advance for the information which you have provide.

I am using alfresco community version 5.1.0 (r122274-b3). in this version I am unable find 'search.get.config.xml' file. In version 5.0 as you said it is there in $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib/alfresco-remote-api-5.0.a-SNAPSHOT.jar file. Do you have any idea about version 5.1.0 (r122274-b3)

Re: search custom properties?

douglascrp — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:24:00 GMT

You have to use the extension points Alfresco offers.

In the case, one option is to use the shared folder, which usually is configured as:
for Alfresco

<alfresco_install_path>/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension‍

for Share

<alfresco_install_path>/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension‍

Re: search custom properties?

gelek — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:56:11 GMT

I'm also using ver 5.1.0 (r122274-b3) and I can't find 'search.get.config.xml' file 😞

Please help me, where is this file "search web script" ?

Where I can add my custom "id properties" or "id aspects" to make simple searching in search box ?

Today I must enter value "model1:numer:'777'" to search value "777" 😞

Please help me.

Re: search custom properties?

gelek — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:03:23 GMT

How can i do it in alfresco 5.1 ?

https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/content-modeling/custom-properties-making-searchable-value-03022016-1440#comment-162761