1. A method comprising: performing a first search in a set of fields of a set of searchable objects; after said performing the first search, mapping the set of fields to a set of searchable fields, wherein the set of fields comprises a first set of fields defined by a configurable field mappings file, wherein the configurable field mappings file provides an abstraction layer between a plurality of search engines and the set of searchable objects, first set of fields is a subset of a set of all the fields of the searchable objects, the fields of the searchable objects are defined when the searchable objects are designed, said mapping is performed subsequent to a design of the searchable objects, accessible by a search center through a search index that corresponds to the configurable field mappings file, and the configurable field mappings file is configured to define a relationship between the fields of the searchable objects and the searchable fields; modifying the set of searchable fields by modifying the fields of searchable objects within the configurable field mappings file, wherein said modifying is based at least in part on a second set of fields that are fewer than all the fields of the searchable objects, and the first and second sets of fields are distinct; updating a search index in response to said modifying the set of searchable fields; and performing a second search in the set of fields based at least in part on the updated search index.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein, the configurable field mappings file comprises: an identification of a selected searchable object from the set of searchable objects, an identification of one or more fields to be made searchable from the selected searchable object, and an identification of one or more corresponding searchable fields corresponding to each of the one or more fields to be made searchable from the selected searchable object, and the configurable field mappings file is configured to facilitate a configuration of a plurality of search engine adapters, wherein the plurality of search engine adapters facilitate searching of the set of searchable objects by virtue of providing access to the set of searchable objects by the plurality of search engines, and a search engine adapter of the plurality of search engine adapters is associated with a search engine of the plurality of search engines.