SEARCH CENTER DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION USING FIELD MAPPINGS

A mechanism for dynamically configuring searchable fields of interest within a search center is provided. A field mappings file is used to define relationships between searchable fields of interest in searchable objects and fields within a search index accessible to an enterprise-wide search center. The field mappings file can provide the defined relationships between searchable object fields and search index fields at runtime of a user session, thus avoiding a rigid configuration at the time of search center initialization.