What Are Refinements?

Refinements are categories which allow Coveo Enterprise Search (CES) to display only results corresponding to certain criteria (e.g. author and file type). They are created by CES using the content of specific fields (e.g. sysauthor or systype). For example, Refine by Author allows to display documents from a specific author and is related to the sysauthor field. Note that different refinements can be used at the same time (e.g. Refine by Author and Refine by Date). To add a refinement, refer to Interface Editor Help > How to Add Refinement Fields.