The function of a search in any ECM system is to allow the user to search all content in the repository which users have access to. Here, in Alfresco, search is a combination of searching content along with permission control. In most ECM systems, search is supported via a search engine. The responsibility of a search engine is to index the content in the repository and provide the user with search query capability to search content. Certain search engines work in a synchronized way: content is indexed immediately as it enters the repository. In some search engines, content is indexed in an asynchronized way.

One of the biggest features of Alfresco 5.x is search. The new Solr4 search engine was introduced in the latest version of Alfresco. In the old version of Alfresco, it used to have old versions of Solr and Lucene as its search engines. Alfresco allows users to search any content they have access to in the repository. Alfresco supports both full text and metadata searches...