16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 comprising: a fourth set of instructions, executable by the processor, configured to define the first set of fields based at least in part on a configurable field mappings file.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 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.