Once a Simple Search View has been created, it must be linked to a catalog in the Catalog Customizer.

To link the Simple Search View to a catalog, proceed as follows:

1. Go to the Catalog Browser in the Customization Browser.
2. From the list of catalogs, select the one for which the Simple Search should become default.
3. Open the definition of this catalog in the Edit mode.

   The assignment is done on the General tab of the Catalog Customizer.

Search View: Set of controls influencing the catalog search functionality:

• Allow Simple Search / Allow Complex Search / Allow Easy Search

  Use these check boxes to specify which search views will be available in the catalog.

  • All boxes selected = All search views will be available.
  • One of the boxes selected = the respective search view will be available.
  • None of the boxes selected = no search view will be available.
• Initially Display

  If both search views are made available, 'Initially Display' determines which of them will be displayed when the user opens the catalog for the first time.

• Simple Search View

  Determines which simple search view definition will be used for the simple search view in this catalog. From the customization viewpoint, simple search view is a special view defined for the object type in the View Customizer.

• Initially Display Collapsed

  Determines whether the search view is expanded or collapsed when the user opens the catalog for the first time.

• Initially Display Maximum Rows

  Determines the default initial number of complex search rows.

• Reuse Previous Display

  Determines whether the state of the search area (which search view was used, whether the area was collapsed or expanded, etc.) is remembered for the next opening of the catalog.

  See also the General tab topic in the Catalog Customizer.