How to use custom URL links for the thumbnail displayed for a record in Primo

Desired Outcome Goal:

Add thumbnails of the cover images to Primo search results based on a URL in the source record
 

Procedure:

1) Note when and where the thumbnail URL is included in your source records
2) Edit the normalization rules to create a transformation that places the URL in the <links:thumbnail> field preceded by "$$U":
e.g. <links><thumbnail>$$Uwww.college.edu/thumbnail1.jpg</thumbnail></links>
3) Save and deploy the Normalization Rule changes
4) Run a renormalization pipe to change the data in the PNX with the new Normalization Rules
5) Run an indexing process to put the changes into the Front End search results

• Article last edited: 9/10/2014