Changing taxonomy item properties

1. Navigate to the item you want to edit and select the Edit taxonomy item (pencil) icon. 
   
   
    
2. Enter new values in the following fields, as required: 

• Label -This is the label that the user sees in the taxonomy tree when navigating.
• Value -Enter a value for the taxonomy item.
• Description -Optional field. You can enter a short description to explain the use of the term.
• Custom Search -You can define a completely custom search when a user clicks the node. The Query property must be set on the taxonomy item to enable querying when a user clicks the node. For more information, see Query. You can also learn how to create custom queries for taxonomy nodes.

3. Select the Usage (access list) properties:

• Navigate - Turn on this toggle to make the node visible to users in the taxonomy; otherwise, it will not be shown.
  • You can enable only Navigate on a node (and not Query and Set) to allow users to select a node and expand the hierarchy to find entries at a deeper level. This allows the execution of a query to apply filtering in the archive.
  • You can turn off the Navigate toggle if the node in question should only be used to set metadata in an editor. Consequently, the taxonomy can contain a combination of navigation items and items used solely to tag assets using the metadata editor.
• Query - Turn on this toggle to enable users to execute a query when selecting a node. By default, when a query is executed, it searches for the taxonomy label in the context of the field for which the taxonomy has been enabled. For example, if a taxonomy is connected to Field 15, Category, enabling the Query property will allow users to search for the exact string entered in the Label field within Field 15.

However, you can override the default query using a custom search. The example below explains how to enable custom search where a user selects the Sports label and executes a query for SPO in the field:

Firstly, enter Sports as the label. Next, ensure the Query toggle is turned on and enter 15:SPO in the Custom search field. This isolates the custom search to field 15, Category.

Note: If you enter only SPO in the Custom search, omitting the field specifier, the custom query is executed across all fields in the field definition.

Tip: To compare the custom queries with and without the field specifier, look at the Index Manager search log when executing the queries. For information on making custom queries for taxonomy nodes, see Syntax for custom taxonomy queries.

• Set - Turn on this toggle to enable users to choose the Label value in various metadata fields throughout the interface, for example when picking content from a quicklist associated with the metadata field. This allows you to create predefined content that users can choose when editing metadata and when picking metadata values when processing files in an action, among other things.

You can create a taxonomy item that only has the Set permission. In this case, it will not be used for archive navigation in the taxonomy but will still be available through quicklists in metadata panels and actions.

4. Select OK to save your changes.