Configure an auto-complete suggestion type in an AI Search application configuration

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title: Configure an auto-complete suggestion type in an AI Search application configuration
description: Modify default settings for display of auto-complete suggestions of a selected type in your search application's input field.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/ai-search/config-auto-complete-srch-app-ais.html
release: australia
product: AI Search
classification: ai-search
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Auto-complete suggestions, Search application configurations, Configure, AI Search, Search administration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
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# Configure an auto-complete suggestion type in an AI Search application configuration

Modify default settings for display of auto-complete suggestions of a selected type in your search application's input field.

## Before you begin

Role required: search\_application\_admin

## About this task

When you define a new search application configuration, AI Search automatically populates it with auto-complete suggestion types. You can alter the default settings for these auto-complete suggestion types.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **AI Search** > **Search Experience** > **Search Applications**.

2.  Open the search application configuration that contains the auto-complete suggestion type that you want to modify.

3.  In the Autocomplete Suggestions related list, open the auto-complete suggestion type that you want to modify settings for.

4.  On the Suggestion Reader Group form, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Suggestion Reader Group form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/ai-search/sugg-reader-group-form-ais.md).

5.  Select **Update**.


## Result

The updated settings for the auto-complete suggestion type appear in the search application configuration's Autocomplete Suggestions related list.

**Parent Topic:**[Auto-complete suggestions in AI Search applications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/ai-search/auto-complete-ais.md)