Topic: How to utilise type ahead search

Description: Learn how to use the Sproket type ahead search feature from any page of your site

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Table of contents:

1.How to use type ahead search

2.How to use the ‘Filters’ to narrow down your search

3.How to perform a more detailed search

1.    How to use type ahead search

1.1.           Navigate to the search bar located in the top RHS of your site

The search bar can found on all pages within your intranet site

1.2.           Start typing in the ‘Search’ box

Place your cursor in the ‘Search’ text box to see the type ahead function start to reveal options

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1.3.           See results start to populate for:

•            Sites – Returns results related to subsites

•            Documents – Returns results related to documents within the intranet site

•            Contacts – Returns results related to contacts in your central directory

1.4.           Click on the search result to navigate directly to the source item

2.    How to use the ‘Filters’ to narrow down your search

By default the type ahead search will search through ‘Everything’, click on the drop down ‘Everything’ next to the search box to narrow your search down by Contacts, Sites and Documents

Ie Sites will only return results related to a subsite

3.    How to perform a more detailed search

If you wish to narrow your search down further, click ‘enter’ or click on the magnify glass to take you to the ‘Search’ site

Here you can narrow down your search by a number of user defined search scopes as well as Result Type, Author and Modified Date