Results screen
This screen is used to display the results of a search.
Relevance score
Beside each item in the list, you may see some small pictures (the ones supplied as standard are 'weather' pictures). These indicate the relevance score on a scale from 0 to 10. Therefore, if the item found is 100% relevant, you will see a picture of (for example) a bright sun. If the item found is not very relevant, you will see a picture of (for example) a storm cloud.
The pictures you see here depend on how your system administrator has configured the system; you may see a different set of symbols here, or a percentage rating.
Clustering (dynamic categorisation)
If this feature has been switched on, all documents shown in the results screen will be identified as belonging to groupings (they have the same relevant words). To show the various groupings, empower displays an icon alongside each document. Please refer to the user manual for pictures showing examples of cluster icons.
This should make it easier for you to quickly identify similar documents. Documents not included in a cluster are tagged with another type of icon.
The cluster icons are displayed next to each document shown in the results list.
If you click on any of these cluster icons, a cluster screen will be displayed. This screen contains a list of all documents that belong to the same cluster type.
File types
The file type of each item that appears in the results list is distinguished by the use of small icons. These are displayed alongside each item. Please refer to the user guide for pictures showing examples of file type icons (click on the Manual button at the top of this help page).
Browse buttons
To see the next page of items, or to go back to a previous page of items, click on the next button or the previous button.
Page numbers
If the search produces more than one page full of items, a list of page number graphics will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
For example, if numbers 1 to 3 are displayed, this means that three pages of items have been found. You can click any of these page numbers to show that page of document items. The button corresponding to the page you are currently on will appear in a lighter colour to the other buttons.
Only a small number of items will be displayed at once, depending on the number of items per page that has been set (typically, this will be 10 items).
Options button
You can set the number of items displayed on the page, by going to the options screen (click on the options button).
Search button
You can start a new search by clicking on the green search button, displayed in the group of buttons on the left-hand side of the screen.
Improve
Beside each item in the results list is a check box. These boxes are initially unchecked.
Check the boxes by the side of items you are interested in, and click on the Improve button. The search will be automatically modified to return more items similar to those you have checked.
Top Terms
Top Terms allows you to choose words that empower has identified as being important to your query. After you have performed an initial search, a short list of words (shown in their stemmed form) is presented at the top of the results screen.
Select the words that you feel are most relevant to your interests, and click on the search button.
Note that you can increase the power of the Top Terms feature by using it in conjunction with the Improve feature. Each time you click on the Improve button, the list of words in the Top Terms box will change.