--- title: episerver.search slug: cms-11/dev-docs/configuring-episerversearch-legacy docTags: createdAt: 2026-07-22T19:45:17.666Z --- The following XML pseudocode describes the `` section of the configuration file. The [Configure CMS](docId\:Ki3aZjVaUcNEu4ABnx3dY) topic describes the syntax of the configuration elements. ```xml ``` ## \ ```xml ``` ### \ element attributes | Name | Default value | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [active](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/6453aee5-65c1-1489-c202-eea7425f583b) | | ***Required*** – Defines whether the full-text search service is active. No calls are made to the search index if false. | | [dequeuePageSize](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/78870ce8-08a7-31e5-8fe8-7b84b8afd226) | 50 | The page size to use when dequeuing the request queue. | | [dynamicDataStoreName](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/ce61ee86-f12d-cddc-12a9-71fb23925986) | IndexRequestQueueDataStore | The name of the Dynamic Data Store. | | [htmlStripDisplayText](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/8dcdb201-08f0-6f19-b46a-3db2ad8095cc) | true | Defines whether to strip HTML from the `IndexItem` `DisplayText` before sending it to the indexing service. | | [htmlStripMetadata](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/531121f0-9a13-cf62-cc2a-56137a0ad51b) | true | Defines whether to strip HTML from the `IndexItem` Metadata before sending it to indexing service. | | [htmlStripTitle](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/4cc201cc-fef2-cc48-7292-0e99ff481cd2) | true | Defines whether to strip HTML from the `IndexItem` Title before sending it to the indexing service. | | [indexingServiceFieldNameAcl](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/0a6aba53-c3d1-1b15-aa95-57eeec86e432) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_ACL | The names for different indexing service fields. | | [indexingServiceFieldNameAuthors](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/c710bcf9-8f48-454d-b842-16259fa64a6b) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_AUTHORS | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameCategories](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/24872d98-44a8-152e-67f2-8dddf7cececa) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_CATEGORIES | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameCreated](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/0e74d957-ea15-8cad-afb9-53abe19e92f1) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_CREATED | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameCulture](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/6c8fc36d-2118-6870-8597-cf5bed3a507e) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_CULTURE | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameDefault](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/d6b31fa8-9170-2ff8-f8e0-1f4201275629) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_DEFAULT | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameDisplayText](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/d6b31fa8-9170-2ff8-f8e0-1f4201275629) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_DISPLAYTEXT | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameId](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/d5be2124-63fa-9b43-9839-9da95afdaf63) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_ID | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameItemStatus](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/c1f55504-c565-6e81-d5d7-cf730f83b7a5) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_ITEMSTATUS | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameModified](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/815b9659-c51d-1313-2d51-54f06c846ec6) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_MODIFIED | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameTitle](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/db13b3f2-b608-8b82-ed6b-39635de3bcaa) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_TITLE | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameType](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/0a710d8d-310c-ee77-fa3c-acf096363282) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_TYPE | | | [indexingServiceFieldNameVirtualPath](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/770d70b6-3489-7382-8c7d-9267356533d1) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_VIRTUALPATH | | | [maxHitsFromIndexingService](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/5b3046f6-004a-4764-0420-7bdc41343711) | 500 | The maximum number of hits returned by the indexing service. | | [namedIndexesUriTemplate](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/2a4edabe-db00-f001-8734-d3f9175fb0f0) | /namedindexes/?accesskey=`{accesskey}` | The URI template for getting all named indexes. `"{accesskey}"` is replaced with the `accessKey` attribute value of the registered service. | | [queueFlushInterval](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/6c445676-4f29-c24d-83dd-9da12c6264bb) | 30 | The timer interval in seconds when the requests queue to the indexing service should be dequeued. | | [resetHttpMethod](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/4e8a7a22-e3f8-123f-6c3d-7f31c087b059) | POST | The HTTP method for reset index requests to the indexing service. | | [resetUriTemplate](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/f7f3988a-dd44-857d-89cb-608ab66f2532) | /reset/?namedindex=`{namedindex}`\&accesskey=`{accesskey}` | The URI template for reset index requests to the indexing service. `"{accesskey}"` is replaced with the `accessKey` attribute value of the registered service. | | [searchUriTemplate](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/c34db8d7-170c-62fd-67b4-5063279fd5e7) | /search/?q=`{q}`\&namedindexes=`{namedindexes}`\&offset=`{offset}`\&limit=`{limit}`\&format=xml\&accesskey=`{accesskey}` | Gets and sets the URI template for search requests to the indexing service. The HTTP method is GET. Required `replaceables: "{q}"`, `"{namedIndexes}"`. | | [syndicationFeedAttributeNameTotalHits](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/b73ce03f-7f1c-a380-5000-8df3ac55f563) | TotalHits | The names for the syndication feed attribute extensions. | | [syndicationFeedAttributeNameVersion](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/fa9dc60a-6227-3967-2218-c2586fffee7c) | Version | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameBoostFactor](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/1aad85dc-32e6-85d0-3fdd-513d3d68106f) | BoostFactor | The names for the syndication feed item attribute extensions. | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameCulture](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/77e2fc8a-984e-ce2c-5cf5-2e031cb77efe) | Culture | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameDataUri](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/22c98def-4766-26a2-8d4f-9b8a770464af) | DataUri | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameIndexAction](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/c627add9-1d95-bb0e-6928-58657d4b6d64) | IndexAction | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameItemStatus](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/f43efcd2-2fba-5745-4f46-6f8829d6b77d) | ItemStatus | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameNamedIndex](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/c9d3ceba-d81b-4a9a-5b1d-2915a08d379e) | NamedIndex | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNamePublicationEnd](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/77079c7c-10b6-3dbe-510f-f5a02339bf37) | PublicationEnd | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNamePublicationStart](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/f715a04e-4ef6-3a8e-532a-af5969a346c0) | PublicationStart | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameReferenceId](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/cf8b83b4-3f2d-93c2-7e10-952cba611675) | ReferenceId/td> | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameScore](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/8c28a662-0b19-b886-0f8a-9ab453ab9743) | Score | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameType](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/501258b8-a6c5-8435-7bc8-802d70cff531) | Type | | | [syndicationItemAttributeNameVersion](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/2bd4835d-1f8c-21ed-9b69-4637995f2b9a) | Version | | | [syndicationItemElementNameAcl](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/693688d7-7a45-cce1-d358-05a70e717b54) | ACL | The names for the syndication item element extensions. | | [syndicationItemElementNameMetadata](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/47eb34c4-3e91-2ed4-3afa-ed03264beb97) | Metadata | | | [syndicationItemElementNameVirtualPath](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/048335c3-a604-7a02-4462-18bb7c94f08e) | VirtualPath | | | [updateUriTemplate](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/32b2eff4-714a-8c0e-6622-f565ec9026a5) | /update/?accesskey=`{accesskey}` | The URI template for update requests to the indexing service. ` "{accesskey}"` is replaced with the `accessKey` attribute value of the registered service. | | [useIndexingServicePaging](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/680ee77d-7dbe-8b7b-84b2-05bbfc0a3077) | true | Defines whether to send paging parameters passed to `GetSearchResults` (page and pagesize) to the service. If set to false `page=1` and `pagesize=[MaxHits]` is sent.
Set this to false if any `SearchResultFilter `is plugged in. | | [xmlQualifiedNamespace](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/847a3bef-350a-9b05-3d49-2c37a223887b) | EPiServer.Search.IndexingService | The namespace for `XmlQualifiedName`. | ## \ ```xml ... ``` ### `` element attributes | Name | Default value | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [defaultService](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/1d71a4b0-a37f-249f-978b-1a928759045f) | | ***Required*** – The name of the service to be used. A service with the specified name must exist in the `` collection. | ### \/\ element attributes | Name | Default value | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [accessKey](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/dea1aa4e-d1e0-440e-7aa7-02c88e7c3f96) | | ***Required*** – The access key that is used to replace `{accesskey}` in the `*UriTemplate` attributes defined on the`` element. | | [baseUri](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/2460fc73-87de-4f49-eed0-af0d1bfb532c) | | ***Required*** – The base URI that is used as a base for constructing the full URI for procedure calls. This URI is combined with the different `*UriTemplate` attributes defined on the `` element. | | [certificateAllowUntrusted](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/c83ecfb4-4af2-ebd8-5e01-401678c1ec6f) | false | Defines if server certificate validation should be bypassed. | | [name](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/6c38d534-509f-91df-d038-a12ac90d3a36) | | ***Required*** – Unique name for this service registration. | ## \ ```xml ... ``` ### \ element attributes | Name | Default value | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [defaultInclude](https://world.optimizely.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=episerverframework/10/c2d57f41-6380-62b8-ad35-8c656575b86b) | false | ***Required*** – Defines whether the default behavior for filtering should be to include results when no provider is configured for the type. | ### \/\ element attributes | Name | Default value | Description | | ------ | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `name` | | ***Required*** – Unique name for this search result filter. | | `type` | | ***Required*** – The full name for this search result filter class. The referenced class must inherit `SearchResultFilterProvider` and have a static instance property called `Instance`. |