Managing detail displays

When a user selects a particular item from a search results list to view more information about that item, the detail display shows additional information from the item’s catalog record. By default, the detail display will show all of the available information from the item’s catalog record. The system administrator can create one or more detail displays to control which search target is used, which specific pieces of information are presented, and how the information is sorted in the display.

	When users search multiple search targets, and the search results include hits from a Discovery search target that does not have a detail display, users will see the content for the Discovery search target’s search result display when they try to view detailed information for those hits.

You can edit a delivered detail display, or create your own. You can customize detail displays for individual profiles; for example, you can create one detail display for student patrons, and another detail display to present different library item information to faculty patrons. If you do not need a particular detail display, or are no longer using it, you can delete the detail display.

	The Discovery administrator database metadata is cached in the Discovery Server application. Adding, editing, or removing a detail display, and Selecting the detail display for a profile will require the metadata cache to be refreshed. For more information, see Refreshing the search cache.

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