Search Resources Settings

Note:

PSA Spring 2023 introduces the Search Resources Global and Search Resources Local custom settings, which replace the settings defined in the New Staffing UI Global and New Staffing UI Personal custom settings, in PSA Summer '13.

You can control the behavior of the Search Resources page using the Search Resources Global and Search Resources Personal custom settings.

Search Resources Global

Key: O = Obsolete.

Field Key Description Default
Allow Special Characters In Address   When locating resources, determines a set of comma separated characters to allow in the address field. +, #, &, °, ÷
Contact Field 1   API name of a field in the contact object to be displayed in the Search Resources page. This option is ignored when Display Resource Description is true. Null
Contact Field 2   API name of a field in the contact object to be displayed in the Search Resources page. This option is ignored when Display Resource Description is true. Null
Contact Field 3   API name of a field in the contact object to be displayed in the Search Resources extension. This option is ignored when Display Resource Description is true. Null
Display Resource Description   Indicates whether the resource description is shown. When true, only the resource's description is shown. When false, Contact Fields 1 to 3 are shown if they contain a valid API name of a field in the contact object. False
Geolocation Service URL O

This is the URL of the mapping service used by PSA when obtaining the latitude and longitude using an address.

To use Search Resources, edit the default URL as follows: https://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/address?key={mapquestKey}&outFormat=json&maxResults=1, where customer_key is an app key generated using MapQuest.

Visit developer.mapquest.com to create an account and generate the key. The key is limited to 5000 calls per day.

Also, ensure that http://www.mapquest.com has been registered on the Remote Site Settings page.

 N/A
Invalid Longitude and Latitude   Determines that Longitude and Latitude are not updated when the address is invalid. Longitude and Latitude fields remain blank and default values are not used. The supported format is as follows: longitude,latitude;longitude,latitude. -100.44588200,39.78373000

Search Resources Personal

Field Description Default
Default Search Logic Additional Fields
Number of Allowed Pushpins on Map Maximum number of resource details to be displayed when you click Show Results on Map. Multiple push pins in the map results that share the same or a very similar location are combined. All details then display in a single push pin. 5
Page Size Defines the maximum number of records to display per page when viewing search results from the Search Resources page. 5
Show Latitude Longitude Fields Indicates whether latitude and longitude fields are to be displayed. When true, latitude and longitude fields are shown when the Search Resources page is launched from the Search Resources link on the sidebar or all tabs. False