dotCMS / dotCMS/core

Allow accessible values (keyword) for common content search crieteria

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Description

User Story

It would really help simplify our content searching if we could use more accessible values when searching for content. For example:

+languageId:es

or

+baseType:pages

or

moduser:will@dotcms.com

or

+conFolder:/about-us

or

+conHost:demo.dotcms.com

I think we can do this with backwards compatibility by using es's keyword mappings in these fields and providing multiple values to index.

Acceptance Criteria

These should work and not break existing implementations.

Proposed Objective

Technical User Experience

Proposed Priority

Priority 3 - Average

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by mapping the existing content-search criteria and keyword/index mappings, then identify compatibility coverage for languageId, baseType, moduser, conFolder, and conHost. Done means the accessible values work while existing search implementations continue to work.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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