Enable Entities for Universal Search

Now that we have a provider configured, we're ready to enable entities to be indexed. To do this, navigate to Admin Tools > General Settings > Universal Search Control Panel.

Universal Search Control Panel

At the top of this page, you'll see a few details about the provider you selected. Below you'll find a list of the entities that are able to be indexed.

To enable a new entity type, click the row of the entity and select Enable Indexing on the dialog that pops up. This entity is now enabled for Universal Search and a request has been queued to bulk index this entity.

ti ti-downloadThis button will do a bulk re-index of all the documents.
ti ti-refreshThis button will delete the index and re-create it. This is good if you want to ensure all of the previous attributes have been purged from the index.

Keeping Entities in Sync

As you'll read later, the entities should keep the index up-to-date as changes are made. A system job has also been created to re-index every night (this ensures that items added through SQL or other means are addressed). The settings of this job can be adjusted under Admin Tools > System Settings > Jobs Administration > Universal Search Re-Index.

Note

Site Entity
The Universal Search Re-Index job will keep all entities except the Site indexed. The Site entity is a bit different and is discussed in detail below.