Talk:Global search
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Can you please add information what data are searched by Simple Global Search and what the difference between Global Search and Simple Global Search for a user is. Otherwise its confusing.
I've
Standard search options in Moodle | Simple Search | Global search (with SolR) |
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Several search options in special contexts:
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Simple search allows searching for content that is stored in the database. The search results are notlimitied to one context. Its posisble to allow for search only in courses a user is enrolled to or in all courses the user can enrole himself | Global Search with SolR will also find search results from files that are used in the courses. The SolR indexing service reads the database and the file content. |