Customise Share search results

[benarrayx]

Hi there, I'm trying to modfiy my Share search results in order to display a custom metadata field. I can see there are 2 steps:

1. modify tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl in order to send the metadata value via JSON
2. modify tomcat/webapps/share/components/search/search.js in order to display the returned field.

The metadata I want to return is contained in a custom aspect:

<aspect name="trc:statusA">
         <title>Document status</title>
         <properties>
            <property name="trc:status">
               <type>d:text</type>
               <constraints>
                  <constraint ref="trc:statusC" />
               </constraints>
            </property>
         </properties>
      </aspect>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

In step 1, I've added the following code:

         <#if item.trc:status??>
         "status": "${item.trc:status}",
         </#if>‍‍‍

However, this generates an error:

Caused by: freemarker.core.ParseException: Encountered ":" at line 22, column 38 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl.
Was expecting one of:
    ">" …
    "." …
    "[" …
    "(" …
    "?" …
    "!" …
    <TERMINATING_EXCLAM> …
    "??" …
    "+" …
    "-" …
    "*" …
    "/" …
    "%" …
    "!=" …
    "=" …
    "==" …
    ">=" …
    <ESCAPED_GTE> …
    ">" …
    <ESCAPED_GT> …
    <LESS_THAN_EQUALS> …
    <LESS_THAN> …
    ".." …
    <AND> …
    <OR> …‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

This is clearly because I have referred to the property as trc:status, and it doesn't like the colon. However, how else can I refer to it?

AHA, Ben

[kyriakos]

thanx ben for the answer

[tommorris]

Hi there kyriakos.

You can modify the process that constructs the lucene query that dictates the search if you like.

You can copy the js library included in the alfresco-side webscript that conducts this search: ''search.lib.js" and move it to the extension directory, and then modify it.
(alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\extension\templates\webscripts\org\alfresco\slingshot\search\search.lib.js)

Then change this function: "getSearchResults", where you can see what you'll need to change.

Tom
http://www.ixxus.com

[pablog_]

Hi four years later!!, now, in alfresco 4.2, the function "Search_onReady" don't have "fields:" property, I have made all the changes that your say in the post and the output retrieve the next exception:

search.lib.js: Skipping node due to exception when processing query result: TypeError: properties is not a function, it is org.alfresco.repo.jscript.ContentAwareScriptableQNameMap.
‍‍‍

Thanks!

[gdey]

Hi
  I am trying to add new functionality to the search , I followed this blog and did the following
extension-modules.xml
<blockcode>
<extension>
  <modules>
    <module>
      <id>Test Custom Search</id>
      <version>1.0</version>
      <customizations>
        <customization>
          <targetPackageRoot>org.alfresco.components.search</targetPackageRoot>
          <sourcePackageRoot>tutorials</sourcePackageRoot>
        </customization>
      </customizations>
      <auto-deploy>true</auto-deploy>
    </module>
   
  </modules>
</extension>

</blockcode>

search.get.html.ftl

<blockcode>
<@markup id="custom-search-dependencies" target="js" action="after" scope="global">
   <#– JavaScript Dependencies –>
   <!–<@script src="${url.context}/scripts/custom-search.js" group="search"/>–>
   <!–<@script src="http://localhost:9080/share/scripts/custom-search.js" group="search"/>–>
   <@script src="${url.context}/res/scripts/custom-search.js" group="search"/>
</@>
</blockcode>

search.get.js
<blockcode>
// Find the default DocumentList widget and replace it with the custom widget
for (var i=0; i<model.widgets.length; i++)
{
  if (model.widgets.id == "Search")
  {
    model.widgets.name = "Test.Search";
  }
}
</blockcode>
custom-search.js
<javascript>
// Declare namespace…
if (typeof Test == undefined || !Test) { var Test = {}; }
if (!Test.Search) { Test.Search = {}; }
(function()
{
   /**
    * YUI Library aliases
    */
   var Dom = YAHOO.util.Dom,
       Event = YAHOO.util.Event;

   /**
    * Alfresco Slingshot aliases
    */
   var $html = Alfresco.util.encodeHTML;

   /**
    * Search constructor.
    *
    * @param {String} htmlId The HTML id of the parent element
    * @return {Test.Search} The new Search instance
    * @constructor
    */
   Test.Search = function(htmlId)
   {
      Alfresco.util.PopupManager.displayMessage({
           text: "Inside constructor !"
         });
      Test.Search.superclass.constructor.call(this, htmlId);
     
      // Decoupled event listeners
      YAHOO.Bubbling.on("onSearch", this.onSearch, this);
     
      return this;
   };
  
   YAHOO.extend(Test.Search, Alfresco.Search,
   {
           
     
      /**
       * Click event for Repository search link
       *
       * @method onRepositorySearch
       */
      onRepositorySearch: function Search_onRepositorySearch(e, args)
      {
       
         Test.Search.superclass.Search_onRepositorySearch(e,args);
         // Pop-up a message…
          Alfresco.util.PopupManager.displayMessage({
            text: "Change added"
          });
 
      }
   });
})();

</javascript>

I created a share amp project and placed the custom-search.js under src/main/resource/script/custom-search.js

The search stopped working because it cant find the custom-search.js . On a debug mode java console I can see
GET http://localhost:9080/share/res/share/scripts/custom-search.js 404 (Not Found)


I tried different option with the @script but it keep complaining , not sure how it is finding two share.

Could not get the example to work.
thanks
Gautam

[anotheralfresco]

Gautam,
Were you able to get your example to work? I am trying to do the same thing and I am not able to get it to work either. If you got it to work, can you post your solution.
Thanks