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title: Contextual search components diagram
description: The contextual search components diagram helps you to understand how contextual search concepts work together to perform a search and from which module you can configure the components.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/contextual-search-flow-diagram.html
release: australia
product: Contextual Search
classification: contextual-search
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Contextual search, Search administration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Contextual search components diagram

The contextual search components diagram helps you to understand how contextual search concepts work together to perform a search and from which module you can configure the components.

\[Omitted image "cxs-component-diagram.png"\] Alt text: Contextual search components on Incident form.

\[Omitted image "cxs-component-diagram1.png"\] Alt text: Search actions for a contextual search result.

|Components|Navigation|
|----------|----------|
|\[Omitted image "table-conf.png"\] Alt text: Table configuration module.|You can configure the search title and the form using the **All** > **Contextual search** > **Table configuration** module. For more information, refer [Configure table for a contextual search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/t_DefineContextualSearchForForm.md).|
|\[Omitted image "search-contexts.png"\] Alt text: Search Contexts module.|You can configure the searcher text and the searcher using the **All** > **Contextual search** > **Search Contexts** module. For more information, see [Define a search context](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/t_DefineSearchContext.md).|
|\[Omitted image "search-result-display-conf.png"\] Alt text: Search Result Display Configurations module.|You can configure the card title, card description field, and card additional fields using the **All** > **Contextual search** > **Search Result Display Configurations** module. For more information, see [Edit search resource display field record](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/edit-addi-resources-field.md).|
|\[Omitted image "search-action-conf.png"\] Alt text: Search Action Configurations module.|You can configure the search actions using the **All** > **Contextual search** > **Table Configuration** > **Search Action Configurations** module. For more information, see [Modify or disable search actions available for contextual search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/modify-search-actions-avail-for-cxs.md). To add conditional logic such as filtering results by record state, see [Define a search context](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/t_DefineSearchContext.md)|

**Tip:** To filter contextual search results by conditions such as problem state or record category, configure conditions in the Search Contexts module. For details, see [Define a search context](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/t_DefineSearchContext.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Contextual search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/contextual-search/c_ContextualSearch.md)