Navigate the interface

You can fine-tune your Sitecore Search implementation without needing a developer to help you along the way. Depending which role and permissions you've been assigned, you might not have access to all areas of functionality of the Sitecore Search interface, also known as the Customer Engagement Console (CEC).

You can use the menu bar on the left of the application to access the following sections:

Section	Name	Description
	Site performance	The homepage, which provides an overall view on site performance analytics.
	Pages	Contains your pages with associated widgets, which display search results. Every implementation builds on preconfigured pages (for example, the search results page).
	Widgets	Contains widgets which are dynamic components or configurations that render search experiences.
	Analytics	Gives access to various reports that provide insight into the performance of your implementation, including configuration, searchable content collections, and search functionality.
	Global resources	Lets you set up and configure your system. All widgets are based on the global widget that you can configure in this section.
	Content collection	Gives you access to all your indexed content and visitors.
	Sources	Lets you define configurations to index searchable content in different formats and from different locations. In a source, you can configure extractors for metadata and create index documents.
	Developer resources	Provides access to tools for developers for learning about, working with, and testing services.
	Administration	Provides access to administrative tools to manage domains and users.