Two Instances of the Same Search Page Component Have Been Added on a Page but Only One is Initialized

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Symptoms

When adding two instances of the same Coveo Hive component on a page, only one is initialized. Here are the four components that display this behavior:

  • Coveo Global Searchbox

  • Coveo Date Facet Range

  • Coveo Google API Position Provider

  • Coveo Omnibox Result List

Cause

The four component templates are shipped with a fixed GUID in their __Standard Values. Hence, all instances created from a given template inherit the same DOM Unique Id.

Resolution

For Existing Component Instances

In the Sitecore Content Editor, you need to change the DOM Unique Id field value on your components to avoid duplicate IDs.

Example

If you have multiple Global Searchboxes on a page, you must change the DOM Unique Id field value.

GlobalSearchboxDuplicateGUIDIssue

For Future Component Instances

You can force unique IDs to be generated automatically on all new instances of a component by setting the __Standard Values Dom Unique Id value to $GenerateNewUniqueId in the Templates section of the Content Editor.

GlobalSBDuplicateGUIDIssueTemplate