The following XML pseudocode describes the \<episerver.search\> section of the configuration file. The [Configure CMS](🔗) topic describes the syntax used in the description of the configuration elements.

## \<episerver.search\>

### \<episerver.search\> element attributes
| Name | Default value | Description |
| [active](🔗) |  | **_Required_** – Defines whether the full text search service is active or not. No calls will be made to the search index if false. |
| [dequeuePageSize](🔗) | 50 | The page size to use when dequeueing the request queue. |
| [dynamicDataStoreName](🔗) | IndexRequestQueueDataStore | The name of the Dynamic Data Store. |
| [htmlStripDisplayText](🔗) | true | Defines whether to automatically strip HTML from the `IndexItem` `DisplayText` before sending it to indexing service. |
| [htmlStripMetadata](🔗) | true | Defines whether to automatically strip HTML from the `IndexItem` Metadata before sending it to indexing service. |
| [htmlStripTitle](🔗) | true | Defines whether to automatically strip HTML from the `IndexItem` Title before sending it to indexing service. |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameAcl](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_ACL | The names for different indexing service fields. |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameAuthors](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_AUTHORS |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameCategories](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_CATEGORIES |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameCreated](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_CREATED |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameCulture](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_CULTURE |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameDefault](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_DEFAULT |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameDisplayText](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_DISPLAYTEXT |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameId](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_ID |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameItemStatus](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_ITEMSTATUS |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameModified](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_MODIFIED |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameTitle](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_TITLE |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameType](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_TYPE |  |
| [indexingServiceFieldNameVirtualPath](🔗) | EPISERVER\_SEARCH\_VIRTUALPATH |  |
| [maxHitsFromIndexingService](🔗) | 500 | The maximum number of hits returned by the indexing service. |
| [namedIndexesUriTemplate](🔗) | /namedindexes/?accesskey={accesskey} | The URI template for getting all named indexes. `"{accesskey}"` will be replaced with the `accessKey` attribute value of the registered service. |
| [queueFlushInterval](🔗) | 30 | The timer interval in seconds when the requests queue to indexing service should be dequeued. |
| [resetHttpMethod](🔗) | POST | The HTTP method for reset index requests to the indexing service. |
| [resetUriTemplate](🔗) | /reset/?namedindex={namedindex}&accesskey={accesskey} | The URI template for reset index request to the indexing service. `"{accesskey}"` will be replaced with the `accessKey` attribute value of the registered service. |
| [searchUriTemplate](🔗) | /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 always GET. Required `replaceables: "{q}"`, `"{namedIndexes}"`. |
| [syndicationFeedAttributeNameTotalHits](🔗) | TotalHits | The names for the syndication feed attribute extensions. |
| [syndicationFeedAttributeNameVersion](🔗) | Version |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameBoostFactor](🔗) | BoostFactor | The names for the syndication feed item attribute extensions. |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameCulture](🔗) | Culture |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameDataUri](🔗) | DataUri |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameIndexAction](🔗) | IndexAction |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameItemStatus](🔗) | ItemStatus |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameNamedIndex](🔗) | NamedIndex |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNamePublicationEnd](🔗) | PublicationEnd |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNamePublicationStart](🔗) | PublicationStart |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameReferenceId](🔗) | ReferenceId/td> |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameScore](🔗) | Score |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameType](🔗) | Type |  |
| [syndicationItemAttributeNameVersion](🔗) | Version |  |
| [syndicationItemElementNameAcl](🔗) | ACL | The names for the syndication item element extensions. |
| [syndicationItemElementNameMetadata](🔗) | Metadata |  |
| [syndicationItemElementNameVirtualPath](🔗) | VirtualPath |  |
| [updateUriTemplate](🔗) | /update/?accesskey={accesskey} | The URI template for update request to the indexing service. ` "{accesskey}"` will be replaced with the `accessKey` attribute value of the registered service. |
| [useIndexingServicePaging](🔗) | 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]` will be sent. <br>This should be set to false if any `SearchResultFilter `is plugged in. |
| [xmlQualifiedNamespace](🔗) | EPiServer.Search.IndexingService | The namespace for `XmlQualifiedName`. |
## \<namedIndexingServices\>

### \<namedIndexingServices\> element attributes
| Name | Default value | Description |
| [defaultService](🔗) |  | **_Required_** – The name of the service to be used. A service with the specified name must exist in the \<services\> collection. |
### \<services\>/\<add\> element attributes
| Name | Default value | Description |
| [accessKey](🔗) |  | **_Required_** – The access key that will be used to replace "{accesskey}" in the \*UriTemplate attributes defined on the \<episerver.search> element. |
| [baseUri](🔗) |  | **_Required_** – The base URI that will be used as a base for constructing the full URI for procedure calls. This URI will be combined with the different \*UriTemplate attributes defined on the \<episerver.search> element. |
| [certificateAllowUntrusted](🔗) | false | Defines if server certificate validation should be bypassed. |
| [name](🔗) |  | **_Required_** – Unique name for this service registration. |
## \<searchResultFilter\>

### \<searchResultFilter\> element attributes
| Name | Default value | Description |
| [defaultInclude](🔗) | false | **_Required_** – Defines whether the default behavior for filtering should be to include results when no provider is configured for the type. |
### \<providers\>/\<add\> 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`. |