Do you want to index a Unicode or a code page database?

If indexing a Unicode database, do you want to optimize the index in a particular language? (This decision has to be made depending on which language data the database uses predominantly.)

What do you want to search? Database tables and external documents?

If searching database tables, what are the names of the tables and the business components?

Do you know the approximate size of the table data that you plan to index? If indexing Siebel file attachments, the sizes must be determined as well. For a table that supports periodic indexing, as is the case with all Siebel generated Search Server tables, the index overhead is typically in the range of 25% to 50% of the total text size. For more information, see the Hummingbird documentation.

If searching external documents, what is the location of the file server holding the external documents and the name of the highest-level directory containing those documents?

What are the names of the Siebel database tables that you want to search, and their location on the network?

Are you planning on making any configuration changes to Hummingbird?

Do you have a license for Siebel Advanced Search?

If you are using Siebel Advanced Search, do you want to customize the thesaurus and the character variant files?

Will you be installing Siebel Search for the mobile client in disconnected mode?