Fields: Search Targets

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Fields: Search Targets

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Search Targets lets you manage the federated search targets associated with a specific search source on your system. A search target is an individual database hosted by a specific federated search source. You can add new search targets, or edit or delete existing search targets. You can also test the connection for a specific search target to verify that it can successfully connect to the search source, and assign a specific search target to a search profile. Assigning a search target to a specific search profile makes it available for patrons to search when they access that search profile.

You can sort the Search Target List by clicking the column heading of the information by which you want to sort. (For example, click the “Name” column to sort the list by name.) When you click the column heading the first time, the software sorts the information in the list in ascending order by the column heading. If you click the column heading a second time, the software sorts information in the list in descending order by the column heading. When you click a column heading, the software displays a sort arrow to the right of the column name that indicates whether the data is being sorted in ascending ( ) or descending ( ) order.

Search Target List

Displays a list of the existing search targets for a specific search source.

The list displays this information:

Option	Description
Name	Displays the name of the search target.
Description	Displays a text description of the search target.

Management options

Let you manage search targets by adding, editing, or deleting them.

You can choose these options:

Option	Description
Add Target	Lets you add a new search target for a specific search source. (For details, see Adding or editing a federated search target .)
Edit	Lets you edit an existing search target for a specific search source. (For details, see Adding or editing a federated search target .)
Test Connection	Lets you test the connection to a specific search target and view a preview of the returned search results. (For details, see Testing the connection to a federated search target .)
Assign Target to Profile	Lets you assign a federated search target to one or more search profiles. Assigning a search target to a search profile allows you to specify which search profiles have access to specific search sources. You can restrict access to certain search sources so that they are available only through specific search profiles. (For details, see Assigning a federated search target to a profile .)
Edit Target Restrictions	Lets you specify which libraries have access to the results of the federated search target. (For details, see Restricting library access to a federated target
Delete	Lets you delete an existing search target for a specific search source. (For details, see Deleting a federated search target .)