Example – Configuring a FieldGroup to be searchable

In this example configuration a “FI_Spotlight” field group is created with a “Details” control for each information area that is to be searched.

See the screenshot below:



To configure the search you have to perform the following steps:

  1. For each information area that is to be searched, create a field group with “Details” control.
  2. Define the following panel types:
    • Title panel -
    • Content panel
      Note: To have a valid configuration you should atleast define the Title and Content panels and ensure that they contain atleast one field in each.

      After adding these panels, synchronize and check. You need to have an Enterprise license for this feature to work.

    • Image panel
    • Email panel (optional)
    • Searchable panel (optional)
Note: The Email panel is currently not supported and we are awaiting Apple’s support for local index implementation.

The following are the descriptions of the different panels:

Title panel

Description: Search result title area fields are located in this panel.

Type: Set the “Type Identifier” to “title”.

Content panel

Description: Search result content area fields are defined with content panel.

Type: Set the “Type Identifier” to “content”.

Note: To have a valid configuration you should atleast define the Title and Content panels and ensure that they contain atleast one field in each.

After adding these panels, synchronize and check. You need to have an Enterprise license for this feature to work.

Image panel

Description: You can define thumbnail images and their attributes in this panel. It is an optional panel and allows you to define the following thumbnail images:

  • Record photo/logo: Defined as field in the panel.
  • App Icon Color: Defined as “color” attribute for panel with 5 system colors or hex color codes.
  • Field group icon: Defined as “image” attribute for panel configured by name of the image defined in images area and copied to resources folder.

Type: Set the “Type Identifier” to “image”.

Email panel

Description: Email data is retrieved from the field groups define in this panel. This is an optional panel. It is possible to combine all rich result parameters as one panel and change the panel identifier to “solution”.

Type: Set the “Type Identifier” to “email”.

Searchable panel

Description: This panel provides additional searchable fields, which is not visible in title or content area.

Type: Set the “Type Identifier” to “searchable”.