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Elasticsearch Indexes Reference Liferay 7.3 and 7.4 each have a set of indexes created in Elasticsearch. Understanding these indexes and what they do can help you better configure and administer...

Result Rankings

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Result Rankings Subscribers This feature does not work with Solr. Result Rankings are for changing the list of returned results for specific keywords. With Results Rankings you can Designate...

Search Administration

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Search Administration In Control Panel → Configuration → Search there are three administrative UIs: Connections, Index Actions, and Field Mappings. Connections shows you the search engines your...

Creating a Search Blueprint for Semantic Search

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Creating a Search Blueprint for Semantic Search 7.4 U70+ [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Once a model is selected and the...

Setting Up a Text Embedding Provider

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Setting Up a Text Embedding Provider 7.4 U70+ [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) A text embedding provider has two jobs: At...

Reindexing Modes

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Reindexing Modes Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Reindexing is refreshing all or part of the search index that's used for searching, and in some cases displaying, Liferay's content. Execute a...

Search Pages and Widgets

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Search Pages and Widgets Liferay's default search page is at . You can create your own page from scratch or reuse the existing page, adding or removing Search widgets as you like.

Exploring Indexed Fields

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Exploring Indexed Fields Some search features can be configured if you know how to explore a search document's fields or inspect the search engine's field mappings. The available index fields can...

Search Bar Suggestions

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Search Bar Suggestions 7.4 U36+ and GA36+ Liferay's Search Bar Suggestions provides search as you type functionality. As you type search keywords into the Search Bar widget, the query is processed...

Configuring Search Bar Suggestions

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Configuring Search Bar Suggestions 7.4 U36+ and GA36+ Search Bar Suggestions adds search as you type functionality to Liferay's Search Bar widget. Select a result from the drop-down list or...

Search Bar Suggestions Blueprints

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Search Bar Suggestions Blueprints Subscription 7.4 U36+ and GA36+ Search Bar Suggestions uses the regular search bar query by default. Liferay Enterprise Search users can influence or override the...

Custom Facet Examples

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Custom Facet Examples The custom facet is a powerful aid to customizing your site's search experience. When the out-of-the-box facets don't meet your requirements, the custom facet fills the gap....

Category Facet

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Category Facet The Category Facet narrows search results for categorized assets that match the search query keywords. Each matching result's categories are aggregated as facet terms. Example of...

Folder Facet

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Folder Facet The Folder Facet narrows search results down to content found in specific Asset Folders. Note that the search match is not for folder names but for content found in the folders. ...

Modified Facet

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Modified Facet The Modified Facet narrows search results down to those that match the searched keyword and results that were created or modified during a certain time period. Example of modified...

Tag Facet

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Tag Facet The Tag Facet narrows search results for any assets with tags that match the search keyword. Each match appears as a facet term. Example of tag facet results. Configuring the Tag Facet...

Type Facet

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Type Facet The Type Facet narrows search results down to those associated with a certain Asset Type. Each Type with content matching the searched keyword appears as a facet term. Example of type...

User Facet

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User Facet The User Facet narrows search results down to those created by certain Users. Example of user facet results. Configuring the User Facet To configure the User Facet, open the Options...

Search Insights

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Search Insights This feature is intended for testing and development. The Search Insights Widget, when added to a Search Page, is for inspecting two things: The query string that's constructed...

Similar Results

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Similar Results Subscription [Bundled with DXP 7.3 and 7.4; Liferay Marketplace for DXP 7.2 SP2+/FP5+](https://web.liferay.com/marketplace/-/mp/application/172465398) This feature does not work...

Search Results Widget Template Reference

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Search Results Widget Template Reference While creating a search results widget template, you can access pre-populated variables in the FreeMarker template editor. The variables listed in the...

Using Search Widget Templates

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Using Search Widget Templates The default search widgets views are useful, but your site's widgets likely need a specific design. You can choose from one of the available widget templates or create...

Creating a Search Page

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Creating a Search Page You can create and configure a search page for your Site if you choose not to base it on an existing search page template. This approach is preferable if you do not want to...

Using a Search Page Template

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Using a Search Page Template The default search page is backed by a Global scope page template. Manually created search pages can use that same template as a baseline. Out-of-the-box, the Search...

Search Pages

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Search Pages Access the default search page at localhost:8080/web/guest/search. If you have a running Liferay DXP with some content in it, you can navigate there and execute a search. By default,...

Search APIs

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Search APIs Generally Available in Liferay DXP 2025.Q4+/Portal 2026.Q1+ You can search with headless APIs using the endpoints at /o/search. These are the primary endpoints: Use the GET /search...

Search API Basics

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Search API Basics Generally Available in Liferay DXP 2025.Q4+/Portal 2026.Q1+ You can search for content from a Liferay search page, but you can also use the /search API endpoints. If you're...

Search Suggestions API

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Search Suggestions API DXP 7.4 U36+/Portal GA36+ You can return suggestions using the /suggestions headless API. This API is used by Liferay's Search Bar Suggestions feature. There are two primary...

Using a Search Blueprint on a Search Page

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Using a Search Blueprint on a Search Page By default, a search page does not have a search blueprint associated with it. A blueprint must be applied to a search page to affect the Liferay search...

AssetTagException when using special characters in tag names

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Issue AssetTagException is thrown when the article gets published, in case special characters are used in tag names. 2020-06-23 07:16:18.168 ERROR [http-nio-10.155.2.197-443-exec-4][PortletServlet:112]...

Where to find Liferay Connector for Elasticsearch 7 for Liferay DXP 7.2

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Flood stage disk watermark [95%] exceeded

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Restringir una búsqueda mediante una query de Elasticsearch y el widget de Filtro personalizado

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Elasticsearch exception no mapping found para los campos spellCheckWord_es_ES o spellCheckWord_en_US

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, knowledgeArticleType: troubleshooting, legacy: true, name: Elasticsearch exception no mapping found para los campos spellCheckWord_es_ES o spellCheckWord_en_US, showDisclaimerMessage: true, sourceTeam: Support,...

Team Members are missing from Projects in Customer Portal

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, knowledgeArticleType: troubleshooting, legacy: true, name: Team Members are missing from Projects in Customer Portal, showDisclaimerMessage: true, sourceTeam: Support, ticketNumber: 86240, title:...

Running script to import Result Rankings data fails

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Issue When attempting to run the script from step 2 on Importing the Search Tuning Indexes in 7.4 to import the Result Rankings data, execution fails with the following errors: startup failed: Script1.groovy: 3: unable to...

Pages Appear in Search Results But Lead to 404 Errors

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Issue Some search results lead to 404 pages, even after reindexing. Pages exist but cannot be navigated to with the search bar. Search bar is unresponsive when clicking on certain results. Environment...

Last Login Date is not updated in the User's and Organizations Menu

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Issue The Last Login Date displayed in the Users and Organizations UI is not updating accurately. Even after a user logs in, the date remains unchanged. Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+ Resolution Enable Feature...

Empty searches return no results using a Text Match Over Multiple Fields blueprint element

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Issue When a Blueprint is configured with the Text Match Over Multiple Fields element, performing an empty search yields no results. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 U5+ Liferay DXP Quarterly Releases Resolution Text...

"module java.base does not 'opens java.lang.invoke'" Error Prevents Elasticsearch Sidecar Startup

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Issue I'm unable to get the Elasticsearch Sidecar to start after upgrading to a quarterly release of Liferay DXP. When checking the server logs, I see the following error message:...