Siebel Search Administration Guide


What's New in This Release


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Overview of Siebel Search

About Siebel Search

About Basic Search Retrieval Techniques

Basic Search Retrieval Type

Basic Search Techniques

Advanced Search Retrieval Techniques

Advanced Search Retrieval Techniques

Advanced Search Techniques

The Siebel Search User Experience

Common Siebel Search End-User Tasks

Search Operators and Connectives for Siebel Search

Search Queries Used with Siebel Search


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Overview of Siebel Search Setup and Maintenance

About Preconfiguration Steps for Siebel Search

About Siebel Search Deployment

Hardware Recommendations for Hummingbird SearchServer

About Configuration and Administration of Siebel Search

About Siebel Tools Configuration Tasks with Siebel Search

The Differences Between Find and Search Operations

About Visibility Control Enforcement

Visibility Control for Find

Visibility Control for Search

Filter Visibility for Search

Search Time and Index Time Filters

About Relevance Ranking Algorithms


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Sample Task Flow for Setting Up Siebel Search

About Setting Up Siebel Search

About Configuring Siebel Search Using Siebel Tools

Creating a Search Engine Object

Creating a Search Index

Creating a Search Category

Creating a Search Definition

About Configuring Find with Siebel Tools

Creating a Find Object

Process for Configuring the Search Center

Adding the Search End User Screen

Adding the Search Administration Screen

About Hummingbird Installation on Windows or UNIX

About Siebel Installations

Installing the Siebel Mobile client

Installing the Siebel Server

About Siebel Search Administration

Creating and Maintaining Search Indices

Setting Up Siebel Server for Remote Searching


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Installing Siebel Search Under Windows

Installation Requirements for Hummingbird SearchServer

Hummingbird Preinstallation Checklist

Upgrade Notes for Windows Users

Installing Hummingbird SearchServer 5.3 Under Windows

Configuring Siebel Server as a Search Server Under Windows

Additional Steps for Oracle Database Users Under Windows

Modifying Siebel Search Parameters for Installation of Hummingbird on an Existing Siebel Server

Setting Up Employee or Partner Users

Setting Up Customer Users

Setting Up Siebel Server for Remote Searching Under Windows

Creating a Hummingbird Client Connector Under Windows

Setting Up for Mobile Client Searching Under Windows


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Installing Siebel Search Under UNIX

Preinstallation Checklist

Installing Hummingbird SearchServer 5.3 Under UNIX

Installing Hummingbird SearchServer 5.3 Patch

Configuring Siebel Server as a Search Server Under UNIX

Configuring a Previously Installed Siebel Server as a Search Server Under UNIX

Configuring Siebel Server for Remote Searching Under UNIX

DataDirect ODBC Driver Installation and Configuration

Creating a DataDirect ODBC Data Source on Oracle Under UNIX

Creating a DataDirect ODBC Data Source on DB2 Under UNIX

Search Server Environment Variable Settings

Creating a Hummingbird Client Connector Under UNIX


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Configuring Siebel Search Using Siebel Tools

Siebel Search Preconfiguration Checklist

About Siebel Tools Search Objects

Siebel Tools Search Object Reference

The Search Engine Object

The Search Result Field Object

The Search Index Object

The Search Table

The Search Definition Object

About Siebel Tools Find Objects

Siebel Tools Find Object Reference

The Find Object

The Application Find Object

The Find Field Object

The Find View Object

The Find Field Locale Object

The Find Locale Object

The Find Pick View Object

Configuration Tasks for Siebel Search

Defining the Search Index Field Maps for Search Tables

Indexing Fields to Enforce Visibility

Indexing Fields to Enforce Catalog Category Visibility

Indexing Fields to Enforce Organizational Visibility

Restricting the Indexing of Records

Indexing File Attachments

Creating an Additional Search Category Object

Advanced Configuration Tasks for Siebel Search

Associating Search Categories with New Search Definitions

Creating Search or Find Pick Views

Creating Preview Views

Adding New Result Fields

Creating Custom Result Fields

Creating Search Filter Fields

Using Search Filters in Filter Search Specifications

Using Search Filter Fields on the Search Center User Interface

Exposing Filter Fields in the Search Center

Search Administration for Filter Fields

Testing Filter Fields


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Administration of Siebel Search

Siebel Search Preadministration Checklist

Siebel Search Administration Overview

Siebel Search Index Settings

Normalization Setting

Translation Table Setting

Hummingbird Stop File Setting

Text Reader Setting

Table Language Setting

Sample Database Index Setting Values

Working with Search Indices

About Index Operations

Automating the Process of Refreshing Indices on Windows

Setting Up Your Workflow Process to Run Periodically

Uploading Index Files to the Server Database and File System

Enabling Mobile Client Index Searches

Synchronizing Indices on the Mobile Web Client

Working with Indices Under UNIX

Refreshing Indices Under UNIX

Working with Resolution Documents and Literature Under UNIX

Indexing External Documents Under UNIX

Supporting Mobile Clients Under UNIX

Search Execution Settings

Character Set Execution Setting

Collation Sequence Setting

Maximum Execution Time Setting

Maximum Search Rows Setting

Search Term Separator Setting

Sample Database Values for Basic Search Settings

Advanced Search Execution Settings

Sample Values for Advanced Search Settings

Adding a Default Language

Exact Match Setting

Proximity Search Setting

Relevance Method Setting

Search Term Generator Setting

Thesaurus Filename Setting

Thesaurus Option Setting

Spell Check Setting

Show Matches Setting

Show Title for External Documents Setting


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Siebel Search Environmental Variables

Siebel Search Environmental Variable List

Siebel File Attachment Indexing


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Troubleshooting the Setup of Siebel Search

Siebel Search Troubleshooting Key

Hummingbird Installation Troubleshooting

Basic Search Setup Troubleshooting

Visibility Troubleshooting

Hummingbird Client Connector Troubleshooting

Using the Verbose Parameter

SQL Troubleshooting


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Syntax for Filter Search Specifications

Filter Search Specification Syntax

Precedence

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

Pattern Matching with LIKE and NOT LIKE

Functions in Calculation Expressions

Filter Search Specification

Filter Searches from the User Interface

Filter Search Specification Syntax in Backus-Naur Format

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