Salesforce Com, Inc.

Salesforce, Inc.

Rohit Kapoor

Christian Posse

Mario Sergio Rodriguez

Muhammad Tayyab Javed

Francisco Borges

Guillaume Kempf

Arvind Srikantan

A computer system is configured to receive a plurality of previous user selections by a user of previous database entries, each of which has as plurality of database field. The computer system is configured to determine weights for the various database fields included in the previous user selections and rank subsequent search results for a subsequent search of the database based on the determined weights, where the one or more weights affect a ranking of a search result based on a match associated with the particular database field. The computer system is further configured to receive customized search result layout settings specifying that one or more specified database fields are displayed to the user when the search results are displayed, where one or more weights for the particular database field are based on the customized search result layout settings.

Ranking results of searches of databases

In disclosed techniques, a computing system causes presentation of a user interface having an input field operable to receive, from a user, a search query for a database. The computing system may classify the search query by: determining whether the search query includes terms that are within a specified vocabulary indicative of a natural language query and determining whether the search query includes terms that identify an object defined in a schema of the database. In response to classifying the search query as a natural language query, the computing system returns query results determined by identifying values in the database corresponding to the object defined in the schema. In response to classifying the search query as a keyword query, the computing system returns query results determined by comparing terms of the search query to values within records in the database.

Classifying different query types

A computer system is configured to receive a plurality of previous user selection by a user of previous database entries, each of which has as plurality of database field. The computer system is configured to analyze the plurality of previous user selections to identify how frequently the same values are included in the various previous database entries. The computer system is configured to determine weights for the various database fields and rank subsequent search results for a subsequent search of the database based on the determined weights.

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