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Leveraging search in your application


To add a search capability in your application, you can use full-text search (FTS), global search, or cognitive search based on your business needs. Use global search when you want to search multiple record definitions in an application, use full-text search when you want an index-driven search capability, and use cognitive search when you want an AI-driven search capability. For more information about full-text search, global search, and cognitive search, see Search-capabilities-for-custom-applications.

Consult the following use cases for information on how to add a search capability in your application:

Use case

Business value

Products used

Helps an application business analyst to enable fields and record definitions for a full-text search so that the user can leverage index-driven search. Helps an administrator to enable global search so that the user can search multiple forms across the application.

  • BMC Helix Innovation Studio

Helps an application business analyst to enable cognitive search for an application so that the user can leverage AI-driven search.

  • BMC Helix Innovation Studio
  • IBM Watson Discovery