How to Modify Preferences

To access the Preferences page from the Initial or Search page, click . To access it from the Preferences page, click (the Initial or Search page is displayed) then click .

The Preferences page allows users to customize the way results are queried, displayed and opened. These preferences apply to each user individually. Note that the default values of preferences are specified in the Interface Editor (for more information, refer to Interface Editor Help > How to Modify Preference Defaults). To modify preferences, select the appropriate ones (for more information, refer to the following table) and click .

Note: The Preferences page is optional; it can be removed in the Interface Editor (for more information, refer to Interface Editor Help > How to Modify Features).

Section

Description

General Preferences

Determines how results are displayed and opened.

Number of results per page: Determines the number of results displayed in each page.

Number of characters in excerpt: Determines the maximum number of characters contained in excerpts.

See also: What Are Excerpts?

Always open results in new window: Indicates whether Web documents are opened in a different browser window or the same window as the result list.

Displayed Result Fields

Determines the information displayed concerning each result. Note that custom display fields are displayed by default; therefore they are not listed in his section.

See also: Interface Editor Help > How to Add Display Fields

Result Number: Displays the document's rank in the result list.

Address: Displays the document's path.

Excerpt: Displays the document's excerpt.

See also: What Are Excerpts?

Thumbnail:Displays a preview of image documents (e.g. .tif or . psd).

Language: Displays the document's language.

Last Click: Displays the document's last opening date (i.e. last time it was opened from the Search Interface).

Score: Displays the document's relevancy score in percentage.

See also: Administration Tool Help > What Is Ranking?

Size: Displays the document's size in bytes.

Concepts: Displays the document's concepts extracted by Coveo Enterprise Search's (CES) linguistic algorithm.

Modified date: Displays the document's last modification date.

Indexed date: Displays the document's indexing date (i.e. date it was added to the index).

Author: Displays the name of the document's author.

E-mail (From, To, CC): Displays the email's sender and recipients (including carbon copy recipients).

Collection/source: Displays the document's parent collection and source.

Contextual commands: Displays links to open the document's Quick View, Summary and parent folder.

See also: What is a Quick View?, What Are Summaries?

Rating: Displays the document's collaborative rating ( Unrated ) and personal appreciation ().

See also: What Is Collaborative Rating?, What Is Personal Appreciation?

Advanced Preferences

Determines the optimization methods used to improve the quality of results.

Filter duplicates: Displays only one copy of each document even if duplicates exist in different sources. Note that, for this option to be effective, the duplicate document filtering action must be enabled in the Administration Tool (for more information, refer to Administration Tool Help > How to Modify General Source Parameters).

Optimize exact phrase queries (displays only the most relevant results): Displays only the most relevant results related to an exact phrase query. For example, if a document containing the exact phrase "Coveo Enterprise Search" has a 30% relevancy score, it is not displayed.

Include interface language in score calculation: Assigns a higher relevancy score to documents in the same language as the Search Interface.

Use thesaurus for automatic query expansion: Applies the thesaurus to queries.

See also: What Is the Thesaurus?

Use wildcards for queries: Allows the use of wildcards. Note that wildcards must first be enabled in the Administration Tool (for more information, refer to Administration Tool Help > How to Modify the Index Settings).

See also: Administration Tool Help > What Are Wildcards?, How Wildcard Queries Work

Use collaborative rating: Allows the use of collaborative rating. Note that collaborative rating must first be enabled in the Administration Tool (for more information, refer to Administration Tool Help > How to Customize the Ranking of Search Results).

See also: What Is Collaborative Rating?

SharePoint Preferences (SharePoint Search Interface only)

Determines search restrictions applied to SharePoint content when queried from a Search Interface integrated to SharePoint.

See also: Administration Tool Help > What Is the Structure of SharePoint?

Restrict search to the current list, if any: Searches only within the displayed list.

Restrict search to the current site: Searches only within the displayed site.

Restrict search to the portal: Searches only within the displayed portal.

Do not restrict search: Searches all SharePoint content indexed.

Enable Quick Links: Displays links pointing to matching results in other SharePoint containers (portals, sites and lists).

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How to Modify Preferences

Section	Description
General Preferences	Determines how results are displayed and opened. Number of results per page: Determines the number of results displayed in each page. Number of characters in excerpt: Determines the maximum number of characters contained in excerpts. See also: What Are Excerpts? Always open results in new window: Indicates whether Web documents are opened in a different browser window or the same window as the result list.
Displayed Result Fields	Determines the information displayed concerning each result. Note that custom display fields are displayed by default; therefore they are not listed in his section. See also: Interface Editor Help > How to Add Display Fields Result Number: Displays the document's rank in the result list. Address: Displays the document's path. Excerpt: Displays the document's excerpt. See also: What Are Excerpts? Thumbnail:Displays a preview of image documents (e.g. .tif or . psd). Language: Displays the document's language. Last Click: Displays the document's last opening date (i.e. last time it was opened from the Search Interface). Score: Displays the document's relevancy score in percentage. See also: Administration Tool Help > What Is Ranking? Size: Displays the document's size in bytes. Concepts: Displays the document's concepts extracted by Coveo Enterprise Search's (CES) linguistic algorithm. Modified date: Displays the document's last modification date. Indexed date: Displays the document's indexing date (i.e. date it was added to the index). Author: Displays the name of the document's author. E-mail (From, To, CC): Displays the email's sender and recipients (including carbon copy recipients). Collection/source: Displays the document's parent collection and source. Contextual commands: Displays links to open the document's Quick View, Summary and parent folder. See also: What is a Quick View?, What Are Summaries? Rating: Displays the document's collaborative rating () and personal appreciation (). See also: What Is Collaborative Rating?, What Is Personal Appreciation?
Advanced Preferences	Determines the optimization methods used to improve the quality of results. Filter duplicates: Displays only one copy of each document even if duplicates exist in different sources. Note that, for this option to be effective, the duplicate document filtering action must be enabled in the Administration Tool (for more information, refer to Administration Tool Help > How to Modify General Source Parameters). Optimize exact phrase queries (displays only the most relevant results): Displays only the most relevant results related to an exact phrase query. For example, if a document containing the exact phrase "Coveo Enterprise Search" has a 30% relevancy score, it is not displayed. Include interface language in score calculation: Assigns a higher relevancy score to documents in the same language as the Search Interface. Use thesaurus for automatic query expansion: Applies the thesaurus to queries. See also: What Is the Thesaurus? Use wildcards for queries: Allows the use of wildcards. Note that wildcards must first be enabled in the Administration Tool (for more information, refer to Administration Tool Help > How to Modify the Index Settings). See also: Administration Tool Help > What Are Wildcards?, How Wildcard Queries Work Use collaborative rating: Allows the use of collaborative rating. Note that collaborative rating must first be enabled in the Administration Tool (for more information, refer to Administration Tool Help > How to Customize the Ranking of Search Results). See also: What Is Collaborative Rating?
SharePoint Preferences (SharePoint Search Interface only)	Determines search restrictions applied to SharePoint content when queried from a Search Interface integrated to SharePoint. See also: Administration Tool Help > What Is the Structure of SharePoint? Restrict search to the current list, if any: Searches only within the displayed list. Restrict search to the current site: Searches only within the displayed site. Restrict search to the portal: Searches only within the displayed portal. Do not restrict search: Searches all SharePoint content indexed. Enable Quick Links: Displays links pointing to matching results in other SharePoint containers (portals, sites and lists).