diff --git a/app/models/dmsf_file.rb b/app/models/dmsf_file.rb
index 6d061188..2f125043 100644
--- a/app/models/dmsf_file.rb
+++ b/app/models/dmsf_file.rb
@@ -422,6 +422,11 @@ class DmsfFile < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     [results, results_count]
   end
+  
+  def self.search_result_ranks_and_ids(tokens, user = User.current, projects = nil, options = {})
+    r = self.search(tokens, projects, options)[0]
+    r.each_index { |x| [x, r[1][x]] }
+  end
 
   def display_name
     if self.name.length > 50
diff --git a/app/models/dmsf_folder.rb b/app/models/dmsf_folder.rb
index 8669c53f..53ddc1f0 100644
--- a/app/models/dmsf_folder.rb
+++ b/app/models/dmsf_folder.rb
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ class DmsfFolder < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     [results, results_count]
   end
+  
+  def self.search_result_ranks_and_ids(tokens, user = User.current, projects = nil, options = {})
+    self.search(tokens, :user => user, :projects => projects, :options => options)
+  end
 
   def modified
     last_update = updated_at