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Smart Search: New or Edit Filter

This page is used to create a new search filter or amend an existing filter.

Some elements of this page are covered in separate Help articles:

If you are new to Smart Search then you should read the Smart Search quickstart guide.

Select Components → Smart Search → Filters from the Administrator menu. Then...
- Select the New Toolbar button to create a new filter.
- Select a title link in the Title column to edit an existing filter.

Map Count The number of maps included in the filter.
Toggle Selection The Toggle Selection button will change all the selections in the opposite way. So selected will change into unselected and unselected will change into selected.
Expand all The Expand all button will open all the maps and show the items inside.
- Search by Type The number is the number of Types such as Articles, Categories, Contacts or News Feeds.
- Search by Author The number is the number of authors who have indexed items.
- Search by Category The number is the number of indexed Categories.
- Others Any other searchable item types.

Created Date Date the item was created (Article, Category, Weblink, etc.).
Created By Name of the Joomla! User who created this item. This will default to the currently logged-in user. If you want to change this to a different user, click the Select User button to select a different user.
Alias This optional field allows you to enter an alias for the Author of the filter.
Modified Date Date of last modification, for information only.
Modified By Name of the user who performed the last modification, for information only.

When (Start Date) When to search relative to the start date (before, after or exactly).
Start Date Format YYYY-MM-DD.
When (End Date) When to search relative to the end date (before, after or exactly).
End Date Format YYYY-MM-DD.