Introduction and Warnings

GlobalSearch Web offers the ability to create a customizable list of links available for its end users. When configured, this appears as a new icon in the top-right corner of the main GlobalSearch Search Results page.

To configure this, you will need to edit the config.json file for the IIS web directory “Square9Web”. By default, the file can be found at the path below. This may differ if you have the Square9Web folder installed in a nonstandard location.

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Square9Web\config.json

How to Configure

1. Locate the Square9Web config.json file and open it in a plain text editor, such as Notepad, Notepad++, or VS Code.

2. Add a new key called "links" to the main JSON object, whose value is an array of JSON objects. Each object in the array should have a key "label" whose value is the text to be displayed in the menu and a key "url" whose value is the intended link.

   1. Optionally, you can omit the "url" to create an inline header. You can also include the string "---" as an array item, instead of an object. This will create a divider in the links list. These can be used to organize your links and create sub-menus.
      
      See the following example:
      

      

      
      

      {
        "viewerApiUrl": "/globalsearchviewer/",
        "links": [
      	{ "label": "GlobalAction" },
          { "label": "Approvals", "url": "http://example.com" },
          { "label": "Rejections", "url": "http://example.com" },
          { "label": "GlobalCapture" },
          { "label": "Scan Station", "url": "http://example.com" },
          { "label": "Validation", "url": "http://example.com" },
          "---",
      	{ "label": "External Links" },
          { "label": "Company Intranet", "url": "http://example.com" },
          { "label": "Email", "url": "http://example.com" }
        ]
      }

3. Save your changes to the file.

4. If you have GlobalSearch Web open, reload the page.

5. You should now have a new icon in the top-right corner of the page. Clicking on this icon will display your links.
   
   Example: