Using the Federated Search Web Part

The Federated Search web part is designed to enable searching for community content from within SharePoint. The web part can be configured in two ways.

Please see Managing Jive Web Parts for more information on how to add a Federated Search web part to a SharePoint page.

Default Configuration

In the Default Configuration simply place the web part on any web part page and choose to keep the "Display Search Box" checkbox enabled. The user will be able to enter search terms and click the magnifying glass to see results.

Targeted for Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 3.0/SharePoint Foundation; also can be used this way in MOSS 2007/SharePoint Server 2010).
Provides standalone search functionality.
Can be used on any web part page.

Federated Configuration

In the Federated Configuration place the web part on a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 / SharePoint Server 2010 search results page (e.g., "/SearchCenter/Pages/Results.aspx") and choose to uncheck the "Display Search Box" checkbox. When a search is done from SharePoint, the search results page will show SharePoint search in one web part and community search results in another web part.

Note: Removing the search box makes the Federated Search web part useless in some contexts. In other contexts, such as the MOSS search page, it might be a desired option to make use of the ?k= query string, for example.

Typically configured with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 / SharePoint Server 2010.
Used to show results from the community and to reside on the same search results page as other search result web parts.
Must be configured on a "search results" page to show next to SharePoint search results (as shown above).

Note: The web part editor (see Federated Search Web Part Editor Settings below) allows a SharePoint user to define the default usage settings (sorting, filter, result limit).

Federated Search Web Part - User Profile
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	The Federated Search web part also presents a popup dialog describing the user profile that created/modified the content. This popup shows basic profile details, additional content the user has worked on, and provides a SharePoint user with the ability to "Follow" the user in Jive.

Federated Search Web Part Editor Settings
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	The editor for the Federated Search web part contains configuration options in addition to the Jive Instance as shown on Managing Jive Web Parts. Jive Search: Display Search Box - This checkbox toggles the display of the search text box. Note: The option to toggle this item off is useful when the Federated search web part is used in a MOSS 2007/SharePoint Server 2010 search results page. Typically, in a search results page, another search text box would drive the search criteria, and this Federated search web part would return results alongside other search result web parts. Jive Search: Display Search Options - This checkbox toggles the toolbar that provides additional search result filters (Sort, Content Type, Last Modified) Sort by - This sets the default sort to be by Relevance, Date, or Subject (The web part interface has an option to override this configuration for each set of search results. Show content types - This sets the default content type (All, Documents, Discussions, etc.) for the search results. (The web part interface has an option to override this configuration for each set of search results) Show if modified - This sets the default last modified filter (anytime, in the past day, etc.) for the search results. (The web part interface has an option to override this configuration for each set of search results) Number of Results - This item must be a numeric value to limit the number of search results to display at once on the page. Note: SharePoint provides an option "out of the box" to provide specific dimension settings (Height and Width) for each web part. For this web part, the recommendation is to keep the default Height and Width settings. If you decide to set the Height and Width, please experiment with your desired settings to ensure full access to the web part user interface.