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monkeyfeet authored Sep 8, 2020
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# Usage

* Create a `SearchPage` instance (typically at the root of your website). This page only is used to display results, so please refrain from creating multiple instances.
* Configure your website's `_config/config.yml` to define search parameters.
* Run `dev/build` to instansiate your new configuration
* Configure your website's `_config/config.yml` (or add `_config/search.yml`) to define search parameters.
* Run `dev/build` to instansiate your new configuration.


# Configuration
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* `Filters`: a list of filters to apply pre-search (maps to `DataList->Filter(key => value)`)
* `Columns`: columns to search for query string matches (format `Table.Column`)
* `filters`: associative list of filter options
* `Structure`: defines the filter's relational structure (must be one of `db`, `has_one` or `has_many`)
* `Structure`: defines the filter's relational structure (must be one of `db`, `has_one` or `many_many`)
* `Label`: front-end field label
* `Table`: relational subject's table
* `Column`: column to filter on
* `Operator`: SQL filter operator (ie `>`, `=`)
* `Operator`: SQL filter operator (ie `>`, `<`, `=`)
* `JoinTables`: associative list of relationship mappings (use the `key` from the `types` array)
* `Table`: relational join table
* `Column`: column to join by
* `sorts`: associative list of sort options
* `sorts`: associative list of sort options (if `sorts` are not defined, results will be sorted by default to `Title ASC`)
* `Label`: front-end field label
* `Sort`: SQL sort string

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ClassNameShort: 'File'
Filters:
File_Live.ShowInSearch: '1'
File_Live.ClassName: '''Silverstripe\\Assets\\File''' # You need to TRIPLE-ESCAPE in order to pass this as a string to the query
Columns: ['File_Live.Title','File_Live.Description','File_Live.Name']
pages:
Label: 'Pages'
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pages:
Table: 'Page_Tags'
Column: 'PageID'
authors:
Structure: 'many_many'
Label: 'Authors'
ClassName: 'Member'
Table: 'Member'
JoinTables:
pages:
Table: 'Page_Authors'
Column: 'PageID'
sorts:
title_asc:
Label: 'Title (A-Z)'
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