web page or 
user),
the item name, the item description, when the item was last modified,
and a link to view additional item properties.This page displays the documents, document folders, communities, community pages, portlets, and users returned by your search. Depending on how many results are returned and what permissions you have, you see different functionality on this page.
Note: You see only those items to which you have at least Read access.
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Each item includes an icon to signify what type of document or object
it is (for example, web page or user),
the item name, the item description, when the item was last modified,
and a link to view additional item properties.
To view a result, click its name.
|
If you click a... |
You see... |
|
Knowledge Directory folder |
the contents of the folder |
|
document |
the document |
|
community |
the home page for the community |
|
community page |
the community page |
|
portlet |
a preview of the portlet |
|
user |
the user's profile |
To view the properties of a document, click the Properties link under the document description.
If your search returns more than 10 results, you see the 10 highest-ranking results. To view additional results, click a page number or click Next >>.
To edit the results to which you have at least
Edit access, click 
Edit.
For information on editing search results, see Editing
Search Results.
Note: You must have the proper
permissions to see the Edit
button. You must have at least Edit access to some of the results. For
documents or document folders, you must have the Edit Knowledge Directory
activity right. For communities, community pages, portlets, or users,
you must have the Access Administration activity right.
To change the sort order of your results, in the Sort by drop-down list, select the desired option:
Relevance sorts your results according to how closely they match your search query. Best bets are only shown in search results when sorting by relevance.
Name sorts your results alphabetically by name.
Last Modified Date displays your results in the order in which they were most recently edited.
Note: Sort order is not saved when you save your search query.
To change the number of results that are displayed per page, in the Items per page drop-down list, select the desired number. By default, 10 items are shown per page.
To filter the items by type (for example, documents, communities, portlets), in the Show only item type drop-down list, select the desired item type.
To save your search query (text and criteria):
In the Search again section, click 
Save this Search.
In the dialog box, type a name for this search and click Save.
Your saved searches are available through the Portal Search portlet. To add this portlet to your My Page, click the link in the dialog box (Click here to add the portlet). To add this portlet at a different time, see Add Portlets.
Click Close Window.
To perform a new search or to search within your results:
In the drop-down list below the portal banner, select Entire portal if you want to perform a new search or Within results if you want to restrict your search to your search results.
In the text box, type the text for which you want to search.
Click Search.
To perform an advanced search,
which enables you to search for text and properties and to limit your
search to particular types of objects and to particular areas of the portal,
click 
Advanced Search.
For more information, see Advanced Search.
To perform a federated search, which enables you
to search for content in Web search engines (for example, Google or AltaVista),
other portals, or other collections of information (for example, a Lotus
Notes collection or a set of customer service incident reports), click
Federated Search.
For more information, see Federated Search.
To learn about the functions available at the top of the portal, see
Portal Banner Functions.
To display the page associated
with this help topic:
In the portal banner, type text in the box and click Search.