Search User Features
Introduction
This page lists all the features available to everyday search users — the people who
use the search box to find information.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Multi-Platform Search | Search across all your organization's content in one place — websites, shared drives, databases, emails, and more Connectors |
| Collection, Document & Field Level Encryption | Sensitive information — like personal data or confidential documents — can be automatically protected so that only authorized users can view it. |
| Core Search UI Templates | SearchBlox provides six core search templates—Web, Ecommerce, Database, Data Explorer, Tabbed, and Email—that support filtered search results based on text, numbers, date ranges, and date histograms. Core Search UI Templates |
| Voice Search | SearchBlox voice search allows users to perform searches using voice commands, making it easier and faster to find information |
| Featured Results | SearchBlox Featured Result is a special result shown at the top of the search page, similar to a sponsored search. |
| Filter By Search | Restricts search results so they only show items that match a specific filter value. |
| Sort By Search | Users can arrange search results in ascending or descending order using sorting options such as Date, Relevance, MRank, and Alphabetical order. |
| Date Range Search | Limits search results to items that fall within a specific date range. |
| Auto Suggest | Provides suggestions based on document titles, document content, and previous search queries. |
| SmartSuggest | Uses an AI model to provide intelligent search suggestions. |
| SmartFAQs | Uses an AI model to generate and display relevant FAQs. |
| Top Queries/Trending Queries | Shows suggestions based on the most common searches in overall search history. |
| Auto-Correct or Suggest Search | Provides spelling corrections using words from indexed content. |
| Keyword-in-Context Display | When your search results appear, the words you searched for are highlighted in bold within each result, so you can quickly see why that result matched your query. |
| Stemming Search | If you search for "running", you'll also get results for "run" or "runner". SearchBlox automatically matches different forms of the same word so you don't miss relevant results. |
| Synonym Mapping | If you search for "car", you'll also get results for "vehicle" or "automobile". SearchBlox understands that different words can mean the same thing. |
| Related Queries | Shows additional search suggestions based on specific metadata fields on the search page. |
| More Like This Search | Found a useful document? Click "More Like This" to instantly find other documents with similar content — without having to type a new search. |
| Customized Search Results | Allows customization of search result count, display order, filters, sorting options, and views. |
| Multiple Data Type Searches | Supports advanced searches such as Boolean (AND, OR, NOT), fuzzy search, wildcard search, and field-based search. |
| Term Highlighting | Highlights the searched keywords in the document title and description to make them easy to notice. |
| Email Viewer | Allows users to view Outlook email messages directly in the SearchBlox web-based viewer. |
| Optical Character Recognition (OCR) | Lets you search inside scanned PDFs and images. For example, if you have a scanned contract or a photo of a document, SearchBlox can read and index the text inside it so it shows up in search results. |
| Query Caching | Common searches load faster because SearchBlox remembers and reuses recent results, reducing wait time for frequently asked queries. |
| Custom Facets | Allows custom metadata fields to be used as search filters to help users narrow down results. |
| pcode | A unique identifier assigned to each user session. This helps SearchBlox personalize and improve search results based on how you search during a session.. |
| DynamicBinding | Ensures users only see search results they have permission to access. For example, an employee in HR will only see HR documents, not finance or legal records. Contact SearchBlox support to enable this feature. |
This table gives a clear overview of the different features provided by SearchBlox, showing its flexibility and advanced capabilities as an enterprise search solution.
Updated about 18 hours ago
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