Chapter 12. Search

The success of Content Management Systems depends on their ability to locate the required content with the least amount of clicks. The way you choose the content name, the way you categorize the content, the location where you place the content, and the meta-data property values that you provide will all help you to locate the content more easily. You will realize the benefits of having a powerful search engine when you have a large number of files in your Content Management System. In this chapter, you will examine the advanced search features of Alfresco, and extend the capabilities of search.

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned how to:

• Use the advanced search form

• Extend search capabilities

• Define and save search criteria as reusable reports

• Use Alfresco's OpenSearch features

• Configure Alfresco as a federated search client across multiple external repositories and search engines

• Configure Alfresco's search engine