Navigating Magnify Search Results

In addition to standard search page features, Magnify includes enhancements that allow you to:

To locate the information that is of interest to you, expand a category in the Dynamic Categorization Tree and select an item under that category. In our example, we expand the State category and select Connecticut, as shown in the following image.

Notice that the number next to Connecticut is 3. This indicates that there are three results associated with this category. The following image shows the results after selecting Connecticut. Also note that the bread crumb trail traces your path from dvd to Vendor Groups to the current selection of Connecticut.

Expand a category to see the breakdown of that category into subcategories. For example, in the following image, the State category lists its subcategories (specific states) that met your search query criteria. The State category has 450 search results, which is the sum of the three subcategories, New Jersey (117), New York (257), and Pennsylvania (76). Note that the subcategory with the highest number of search results appears in bold.

Magnify provides a tabular view of the search results. The tabular view presents each search result in a WebFOCUS active report, which provides the functionality to sort, filter, calculate and chart the results. For information on active reports, see the Active Technologies User’s Guide.

To view a tabular presentation of the search results, click Tabular view at the top of the results list. The following image is an example of search results in a tabular format.

The items in the tabular view Title column are the main result links that appear in the original list of search results (known as the Search Results View). The remaining columns in the tabular view correspond the categories found in the Dynamic Categorization Tree for that particular search. When you click a category, you are presented with the Search Results View with filtering on that category selection. Note that the tabular view does not include the additional links that might be included with a main search result.

Navigate through the pages of data using the paging arrows at the top of the report. You can also manipulate the data presentation using standard active report options accessed when you right-click a column heading.

To return to the list view, click Search Results View at the top of the tabular view.

Note: The tabular view is not available when accessing the Magnify search application using a mobile device.

You can access the search result information from either the links in the search results list or the links in a tabular view. The following image is an example of the information associated with a search result link.

Sorting Search Results

The sort options are available at the top of the search results list. You can sort the items that are returned from a search using the following options:

Sort by Query Score. When a search is performed, a query score is calculated for each search result. The Query Score is obtained from the indexed information that is available to the search engine. This is the data and information that is searched each time you submit a query. The Query Score provides additional information about the overall search results returned to you. For example, it can help you to identify popular or frequently used items or more obscure items.

As discussed earlier, when search results are returned, the Dynamic Categorization Tree provides the number of occurrences in the results of each category in the tree. The Query Score is the sum of the category occurrences for a particular search result, which is then divided among the total sum to get the percentage.

For example, a search query returns 400 results and the results are distributed throughout the categories in a Dynamic Categorization Tree, as follows:percentage. For
- Country
  - France (20)
  - England (50)
  - Spain (130)
- Car
  - Volvo (10)
  - Saab (80)
  - Fiat (10)
  - Peugeot (100)
If every category is associated with a particular result, then the Query Score for that result would be 400, thereby resulting in 100%. This is the sum of all the occurrences in the tree (the sum of each Country and each Car). If a particular result returns Saab in England, then the Query Score is 130 (England = 50 and Saab=80, for a sum of 130).

The following image shows the Query Score for a search result.

The following image shows an example of a tabular view with Query Scores appearing in the far-right column.
Sort by date. This option sorts and displays the search results according to the date that the data was entered into the search index. This sorting type identifies how current the information in the search results is, relative to each other.
Sort by relevance. This option sorts the results based on how closely the results match the query entry. Results are sorted from the most relevant appearing first, through to the least relevant.

When you select a sort option, the search results list is refreshed and sorted accordingly.