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# KC Free Text Search (BETA)
## Description
The *freetextsearch* part allows you to search a Knowledge Center, for example, allowing your application users to look for all occurrences of a search term in the application's Knowledge Center. When a user types text into a text-input part, the system can use this data as a search term for the free-text search. The free-text search returns a list of articles in which a match is found for the search term.
NOTE: This part is currently in the Beta phase. You can only use this part if your company has enhanced privileges or a system package.
**Node Type:** This part is located in process nodes in the *Misc* dropdown menu.
**Used With:** You can use this part with standalone and framework-based applications.
## Editor Fields
### Basic Tab Options
| Field Name | Description/Use | Type/Options | Optional/Mandatory | |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | -------- |
| Database | This is the name of the database in which you want to search. The system defaults this field to *knowledgecenter*. | Text | Mandatory | |
| Root folder name | This is the root folder, or primary folder, in the Knowledge Center in which you want to search for resources. | Text | Optional | |
| Folder name | This is the folder in which the system searches. The system will search through all subfolders in this folder. If you do not enter a value in this field, the system uses the root folder as the starting point for the search. | Text | Optional | |
| Language | This is the language of the topics through which the system searches if the application uses Multi-Language Support (MLS) functionality | Text | Optional | |
| Selected item path | This is the container that stores the result of the search. It will contain the article ID, name, folder, and ext\_id of the topics in which the search term exists. | Text | Optional | |
| Search term | This is the term for which the system will search.
- "\[search phrase]" returns results where there is an exact match on the search phrase entered in quotes
- \[word1 word2] returns results where word 1 AND word 2 occur in the article, but not necessarily together or in that order.
| Text | Optional | |
| Result snippet length (max 64 words) | This is the maximum number of words the system will display as a search result snippet. The maximum length is 64 and the default is 64. | Number | Optional | |
| Results count path | This is the length of the selected item paths collection. | Text | Optional | |
| Result as file id | If you click this checkbox, the system returns the result as a file id instead of an item id.
Default: off
| Checkbox | Optional | |
| Include topic tags | 1 | 0
If you select "1", the system also uses the search term to match on topic tags associated with any article in the Knowledge Center.
| Dropdown | Optional |
| On click action | This allows you to set a custom action the system follows when a user clicks on a search result. | Text | Optional | |
### Style Tab Options
| Field Name | Description/Use | Type/Options | Optional/Mandatory |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------ |
| No results message | This is text the system displays if no results are returned. | Text | Optional |
| Search folder message | After displaying the search results, the system displays the folders in which it searched.
Default: Searched in folder
| Text | Optional |
## Example Project
Download and import the [KC Search Example Project](/release-9/example-gallery/example-projects-for-parts/kc-search-example-project.md) into your Designer.
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