ECourse - Dynamic Search

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1 Overview

eCourses are books with material in them in bxp and are the basis of the eLearning capability of bxp. What_is_an_eCourse


Often videos or pictures are not searchable, so bxp has a number of ways of compensating / working around this challenge. ECourse_-_Making_File_Assets_Searchable


So once there's material in the books, the next important thing is allowing people to be able to search the materials. There are a few different ways of searching for material. ECourse_-_Multiple_Book_Search


There can be instances where putting a search bar in somewhere other than the system areas can be useful. For this reason a new Interface Bar has been added to the system.


When searching we've also enhanced the search capability to include our AJAX LiveSearch capabilities, which now adds two new search options in the eCourse module.


LiveSearch allows a user to begin typing into a text box and the search results are displayed and refreshed with each key press. This kind of searching is typically seen in search engines.


2 New Types

2.1 Single Book Search

The single book dynamic search function will allow a user to pick a book and then search the contents dynamically. This page can be accessed by navigating to


Main Menu > eCourse > Read > Search a Book - Dynamic


The following page will display a list of eCourses. Please pick the book you wish to search on and you will then be re-directed to the search page.


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To start searching, type your search terms into the text box on the page and the results will be displayed directly underneath it. The table will display the book, chapter and page ID of the book and it will also contain a link to the eCourse page itself.


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2.2 Multi Book Search

The multi book search function works in the exact same way as the single book search function. Navigate to


Main Menu > eCourse > Read > Search Multiple Books - Dynamic


Select all of the eCourses that you want to search on and then click on the "Search Books" button. The next page will allow the user to search by typing into the text box. All of the results will be displayed in a table underneath the text box.


2.3 Dynamic eCourse Interface Bar

The third way the eCourse search function can be used is as an interface bar. This interface bar can be added to a user's homepage. It will search in all of the books the user has access to.


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To add the new interface bar to a profile, navigate to


Main Menu > System Access Management > User Administration > Edit User - Security Details > Look up the user > scroll down to the "Main menu interface" options


The ID for the interface bar is 47. Add this into main menu bar and click save.


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The new eCourse search function will be available on the user's homepage.