<h2>Configuring contextual search</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Configuring contextual search" /><meta name="abstract" content="You can configure different components of contextual search." /><meta name="description" content="You can configure different components of contextual search." /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/contextual-search/concept/c_ContextualSearch.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/general/concept/intro-now-platform-landing.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/general/concept/config-now-platform-core-features.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/search-administration/reference/search-administration.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/contextual-search/reference/contextual-search-properties.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/contextual-search/task/t_DefineSearchContext.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/contextual-search/task/t_DefineContextualSearchForForm.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/contextual-search/concept/filter-configuration-for-cxs.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/contextual-search/task/t_ApplyConfigurationToSearch.html" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-02-02" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="configuring-contextual-search" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Configuring contextual search</title></head><body id="configuring-contextual-search"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../../administer/general/concept/intro-now-platform-landing.html" title="As a platform administrator, you have the power of the Now Platform at your fingertips. The Now Platform is an application platform as a service that automates business processes across the enterprise.">Administer the Now Platform</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/general/concept/config-now-platform-core-features.html" title="The Now Platform provides for a multitude of customization options to your applications. Customize your UI, handle user and data administration, and localize your instance for time zones, currencies, and more.">Configure Now Platform Core Features</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/search-administration/reference/search-administration.html" title="The Now Platform includes multiple search engines and interfaces to help users easily and quickly find the information they need.">Search administration</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Configuring contextual search</h1> <p class="shortdesc">You can configure different components of contextual search.</p> <div class="related-links"> <ul class="ullinks"><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/contextual-search/reference/contextual-search-properties.html">Contextual search properties</a></strong><br /> Contextual search properties are used to control the fields that you can search from and the number of results displayed per page.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/contextual-search/task/t_DefineSearchContext.html">Define a search context</a></strong><br /> Define where agents can search for a particular resource. You can specify that the search resources are predefined or additional resources outside the system.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/contextual-search/task/t_DefineContextualSearchForForm.html">Configure table for a contextual search</a></strong><br /> Configure the options for the contextual search that a table performs.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/contextual-search/concept/filter-configuration-for-cxs.html">Filter configuration for contextual search</a></strong><br /> Define filter configurations to map fields from the form to provide a more targeted search result set.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/contextual-search/task/t_ApplyConfigurationToSearch.html">Configure search resource context properties</a></strong><br /> Configure the properties to limit the search to a specific catalog or knowledge base. For example, if you want to limit the knowledge search to an IT knowledge base or a service catalog search to software service catalog, you can configure the properties.</li></ul> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../administer/contextual-search/concept/c_ContextualSearch.html" title="Contextual search is a search technology that focuses on the context of the query as well as the intent of the user in order to fetch the most relevant set of results. Contextual search displays related results within a form or record producer based on the text you enter in a field.">Contextual search</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>