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The following table summarizes the prerequisites indexing actions required for each search action.
| Persisting Data for Analytics | Publishing Events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Action | Define Attribute as Index Column? | Define Attribute as Facet? | Insert attribute Attribute Value Within Square Brackets? | Separate Sub Values of Attribute Value Consists of Comma-seperated Sub Valueswith Commas? | Insert Sub Values Inserted Within Single Quotation Marks? |
| Searching by an attribute | Required | Not required | Not required | Not required | Required if the attribute value contains spaces. |
| Extracting sub categories | Required | Required | Required | Required | Not required |
| Performing a drill down search | Required | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Searching within a value range | Required | Not required | Not required | Not required | Not required |
For detailed instructions to carry out different search actions using examples, see Searching Data By Categories.