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Exclude_apps, Filter, Getfields – Google Search Appliance Protocol Reference User Manual

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exclude_apps

Controls whether Google Apps content from the user’s Google Apps domain displays in search results,
according to the following values:

The following table lists how Google Apps content will display in search results based on the values of
the exclude_apps and only_apps search parameters, and the setting of the Google Apps results
sidebar option in the front end. See also “only_apps” on page 17.

filter

Activates or deactivates automatic results filtering. By default, filtering is applied to Google search
results to improve results quality. See “Automatic Filtering” on page 31 for more information.

Default value: 1

getfields

Indicates that the names and values of the specified meta tags should be returned with each search
result, when available. See “Meta Tags” on page 41 for more information.

Meta tag names or values must be double URL-encoded (see “Appendix B: URL Encoding” on page 107).

Default value: Empty string

Value

Description

No value

If you omit the exclude_apps parameter in the search request,
Google Apps content will not display in search results.

0

(exclude_apps=0). Google Apps content will display in search
results, as determined by the Google Apps results sidebar
element in the front end. See the table below.

exclude_apps=

only_apps=

Google Apps
Sidebar Element

Result

0

Disabled
(default)

Google Apps content and normal GSA organic
results both display in the main body of search
results.

0

Enabled

Google Apps content displays in the sidebar of
search results, while normal GSA organic results
display in the main body of search results.

1

Disabled
(default)

Only Google Apps content will display, in the
main body of search results.

1

Enabled

Only Google Apps content will display, in the
sidebar of search results.

Disabled
(default)

Only normal GSA organic results will display, in
the main body of search results.

Enabled

Google Apps content will display in the sidebar of
search results, while normal GSA organic results
display in the main body of search results.