Search layouts and search results configuration
Key Takeaway
A search layout sets the fields users see in search results, and you set it object by object. Profile-specific layouts don't carry over to Salesforce Classic, so users there see the default layout.
Search layouts control which fields users see when they search. You set them object by object. In Lightning Experience, you can also give different profiles different layouts, so each group of users sees the fields that matter most to them.
What a search layout controls
A search layout sets what users see when Einstein Search returns results. The layout you configure applies to both global searches and lookup searches.
One search layout sets what appears in several places at once:
- The columns on the search results page
- The secondary field in instant results, which is the extra field shown under each instant result
- The fields in record previews in instant results
- The fields in a recommended result
- The fields users can sort and filter by