Add IBM® Connections
to the list of search engines used by your web browser so that you
can search IBM Connections content
directly from the browser.
Before you begin
The IBM Connections
search engine can be added to all supported browsers except Microsoft Internet Explorer
6.
About this task
Adding IBM Connections
search functionality allows you to search all the content in your
deployment directly from the browser, with the results returned in
the IBM Connections interface.
Procedure
- To add IBM Connections
search to Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet
Explorer:
- Open either the IBM Connections
Search URL provided by your administrator or the Search
Results page.
- Do one of the following:
- In Mozilla Firefox:
- From the search control in your browser, click the Down arrow
to display a list of search engine options.
- Select Add "Connections".
- In Microsoft Internet
Explorer:
- Click the Search Options arrow next to
the search control and select Connections.
- To set IBM Connections
as the default search engine in Google Chrome:
- Click the Customize and control Google Chrome icon
on the browser toolbar and select Settings.
- Under Search, click Manage search engines.
- Enter IBM Connections in the Add
a new search engine field.
- In the Keyword field, enter the
text shortcut that you want to use for IBM Connections.
You can use this keyword to quickly access the IBM Connections search engine from the address
bar. For example, connections.
- Enter the following URL in the URL field,
and then click OK.
https://server_name/search/web/search?scope=allconnections&query=%s
- Hover over the entry that you just added and click the Make
default button that displays.
Results
IBM Connections search
now becomes the active search engine in your browser. You can switch
to another search engine at any time by selecting a different option
from the list of search engines provided.
What to do next
To search IBM Connections
from your browser search control, enter a search term in the field
provided and click
Search. The results display
in the IBM Connections user
interface, where you can filter them in the usual way. For information
about working with search results, see
Working with search results.