MetadataRefinements collection

This collection contains the parametric refinement options, generated for the current search results. Use Metadata property of the Tab object to access this collection.

Each item of the collection represent a refinement option that you can use to adjust your search. The Refinement object is a collection of RefineItem objects.
Below are the members that Refinement object exposes:

Name

Read-Only String Property

This property returns the metadata field name for this refinement.

Count

Read-Only Integer Property

This property returns the number of RefineItem objects that this refinement contains.

Item

Read-Only Variant(Index) Property (RefineItem)

• Index: Integer - The value must be between 0 and Refinement.Count-1.
• The RefineItem object represents a single metadata value. It exposes the following Read-Only properties:
  • Name: String - metadata value
  • Count: Integer - number of occurrences of the metadata value

Example

Output = ""
For Each Refinement in App.ActiveTab.Metadata
  Output = Output & vbCrLf & Refinement.Name
  For I = 0 To Refinement.Count-1
    Output = Output & vbCrLf & Space(4) & Refinement(I).Name & " (" & Refinement(I).Count & ")"
  Next
Next
MsgBox Output

' Sample Output:
' Department
'     HR (10)
'     Administration (7)
'     Marketing (5)
'     Support (2)
' Author
'     John Smith (12)
'     Fred Jones (3)
' Company
'     AMCE Inc (123)
'     Random Aerospace (1)

See Also

Macro Object Model

Collections

Tab.Metadata