Hide an object group from Search

You can hide an object group, such as maps, from the Document Types panel in the Search view in CCMS Desktop and the Object Types section in Advanced Search in CCMS Web.

About this task

The equivalences.xml configuration file determines how the CCMS handles different object types. It groups similar object types together into categories. For example, maps, bookmaps, and subjectSchemes are grouped together into a maps category, indicating that the CCMS should treat them all the same—they display the same menu options and use searches in a similar manner.

If there are groups that you do not want to appear as search options, you can configure the CCMS to hide them in the Search view and Advanced Search.

Important: Make configuration changes in a test environment and confirm they work before copying them to a production environment.

Procedure

In the TEXTML Administration perspective, connect to your server.
Check out and open the/system/conf/equivalence.xml file.
Do one of the following:
- To hide an object group from Search view and Advanced Search, change its @standardSearch attribute value from true to false.
```
<equivalence type="map" standardSearch="false" groupName="Maps">
```
- To display a hidden object group in Search view and Advanced Search, change its @standardSearch attribute value from false to true.
```
<equivalence type="map" standardSearch="true" groupName="Maps">
```
You can only show or hide an entire object group. You cannot show or hide individual object types within the group. For example, within the maps group, you cannot hide subjectSchemes but show bookmaps.
Review the other properties of the group.

The object type (<equivalence type="map" standardSearch="true" groupName="Maps">) must be a valid type within the CCMS.

The groupName (<equivalence type="map" standardSearch="true" groupName="Maps">) is an optional label for the group. If no label is specified, the CCMS displays the value of the type attribute. All the <equivalence> objects with the same group name are included in the same dropdown list.
Save, close, and check in the file.
Inform users of the changes.
The changes are automatically applied once users close and then reopen their IXIA CCMS Desktop. Users can also apply the changes without restarting their CCMS Desktop by clicking IXIA CCMS > Synchronize Configuration.