Contents

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New

• Features in Release 11.2.1

Part I Learning the Basics

1 Introduction to Oracle Secure Enterprise Search

• Overview of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search
• Source Types
• Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Components
  • Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Administration GUI
  • Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Crawler
  • Oracle Secure Enterprise Search APIs
• Secure Search in Oracle Fusion Applications
  • Scheduling Crawls
  • Administrative Tools
• Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Features
  • Secure Search
  • Federated Search

2 Getting Started with the Oracle SES Administration GUI

• Getting Started Basics for the Administration GUI
• Understanding the Oracle SES Administration GUI
  • Home Tab
  • Search Tab
  • Global Settings Tab
• Starting and Stopping Oracle SES

3 Understanding Crawling

• Overview of the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Crawler
  • Crawler URL Queue
  • Understanding Access URLs and Display URLs
  • Modifying the Crawler Parameters
• Overview of Crawler Settings
  • Crawling Mode
  • URL Boundary Rules
    • Inclusion Rules
    • Exclusion Rules
    • Examples of Inclusion and Exclusion Rules
  • Document Types
  • Crawling Depth
  • Robots Exclusion
  • Index Dynamic Pages
  • Title Fallback
  • Character Set Detection
    • Special Considerations with Automatic Character Set Detection
    • Language Detection
  • Deleting the Secure Cache
• Overview of XML Connector Framework
  • Example Using the XML Connector
  • XML Configuration File
• Configuring Support for Image Metadata
  • Identifying the Search Attributes for Image Metadata
    • Supporting XMP Metadata
    • Supporting DICOM Metatags
    • Example: Adding an Attribute to the Default attr-config.xml File
  • Creating an Image Document Service Connector
  • Using the Image Document Service Connector
    • Searching Image Metadata
  • Troubleshooting the Image Document Service Connector
• Overview of Attributes
  • Attributes For Different Source Types
  • Using Lists of Values for Search Attributes
  • System-Defined Search Attributes
• Understanding the Crawling Process
  • The Initial Crawl
    • Queuing and Caching Documents
    • Indexing Documents
    • Oracle SES Stoplist
  • Maintenance Crawls
  • Automatic Forced Recrawls
• Monitoring the Crawling Process
  • Crawler Statistics
  • Crawler Log Files
  • Crawler Configuration
• Parallel Query Indexing
  • Document Partition Model and Storage Areas

4 Customizing the Search Results

• Adding Suggested Content in Search Results
  • Suggested Content Providers
  • Security Options
  • Example Configuring Google OneBox for Suggested Content
• Customizing the Relevancy of Search Attributes
• Providing Faceted Navigation

Part II Creating Data Sources

5 Configuring Access to Built-in Sources

• Setting Up Web Sources
  • Boundary Rules for Web Sources
  • Web Document Attributes
• Setting Up Table Sources
  • Table Search Attributes
• Setting Up File Sources
  • File Document Attributes
  • Tips for Using File Sources
    • Crawling File Sources with Non-ASCII Character Sets
    • Crawling File Sources with Symbolic Links
    • Crawling File URLs
    • Crawling File Sources from a Network Drive
• Setting Up E-Mail Sources
• Setting Up Mailing List Sources
• Setting Up OracleAS Portal Sources
  • Crawling a Folder or Page
    • OracleAS Portal Search Attributes
    • Tips for Using OracleAS Portal Sources
• Setting Up Federated Sources
  • Federation Trusted Entities
  • Example Creating a Federated Source
  • Customizing Federated Sources
    • Route Queries to the Federated Source
    • Set Search Restrictions
    • Retrieve Attributes
    • Map Attributes
  • Tips for Using Federated Sources
    • Looping Among Federated Sources
    • Federated Search Characteristics
    • Federated Search Limitations

6 Configuring Access to Content Management Sources

• Setting Up EMC Documentum Content Server Sources
  • Important Notes for EMC Documentum Content Server Sources
    • Required Software
    • Required Tasks
    • Known Issues
    • Configuration for Documentum Content Server 6.5
  • Setting Up Identity Management for EMC Documentum Content Server
    • Activating the Documentum Identity Plug-in
    • Activating the Oracle Internet Directory Identity Plug-In
    • Activating the AD Identity Plug-In
    • Activating SunOne Identity Plug-In
  • Creating an EMC Documentum Content Server Source
• Setting Up Microsoft SharePoint Sources
  • Important Notes About SharePoint 2007 Sources
  • Known Limitations of the SharePoint 2007 Connector
  • Known Issues for SharePoint 2007 Connector
  • Supported Platforms
  • Creating a SharePoint 2007 Source
  • Deploying the Web Service on MOSS 2007
• Setting Up Oracle Content Database Sources
  • Important Notes for Oracle Content Database Sources
  • Setting Up Identity Management for Oracle Content Database Sources
  • Creating an Oracle Content Database JDBC Source
  • Creating an Oracle Content Database Source
    • Required Tasks for Oracle Content Database Release 10.1.3
  • Oracle Content Database Source Attributes
• Setting Up Oracle Content Server Sources
  • Oracle Content Server Security Model
    • Roles and Groups
    • Accounts
  • Setting Up Identity Management for Oracle Content Server
  • Creating an Oracle Content Server Source

7 Configuring Access to Collaboration Sources

• Setting Up EMC Documentum eRoom Sources
  • Documentum eRoom Web Services
  • Important Notes for Documentum eRoom Sources
    • Supported Platforms
    • Required Software
    • Required Tasks
    • Known Issues
  • Creating a Documentum eRoom Source
• Setting Up Lotus Notes Sources
  • Important Notes for Lotus Notes Sources
    • Required Software
    • Required Tasks
    • Known Issues
  • Setting Up Identity Management for Lotus Notes
  • Creating a Lotus Notes Source
  • Displaying the Parent URL in the Search Results
• Setting Up Microsoft Exchange Sources
  • Important Notes for Microsoft Exchange Sources
    • Required Software
    • Required Tasks
    • Known Issues
  • Setting Up Identity Management for Microsoft Exchange
  • Creating a Microsoft Exchange Source
  • Microsoft Exchange Source Attributes
• Setting Up NTFS Sources for Windows
  • Important Notes for NTFS Sources
    • Required Software
    • Required Tasks
  • Setting Up Identity Management for NTFS Sources
  • Creating an NTFS Source
  • NTFS Source Attributes
• Setting Up NTFS Sources for UNIX
  • Important Notes for NTFS Sources
    • Required Software
  • Setting Up Identity Management with NTFS Sources
  • Creating an NTFS Source
  • Installing and Configuring Windows Services
    • Required Software
    • Required Tasks
    • Installing Oracle Search File Change Detector
    • Modifying the File Change Detector Configuration File
    • Installing the NTFS Web Service
    • Configuring the NTFS Connector
    • Known Issues
• Setting Up Oracle Calendar Sources
  • Setting Up Identity Management for Oracle Calendar
  • Creating an Oracle Calendar Source
  • Oracle Calendar Attributes
• Setting Up Oracle Collaboration Suite E-Mail Sources
  • Important Notes for Oracle Collaboration Suite E-Mail Sources
    • Required Tasks
  • Setting Up Identity Management for Oracle Collaboration Suite E-Mail Sources
  • Creating an Oracle Collaboration Suite E-Mail Source

8 Configuring Access to Applications Sources

• Setting Up Oracle Fusion Sources
  • Setting Up Identity Management System
  • Defining a Fusion Source
• Setting Up Oracle WebCenter Sources
  • Defining a WebCenter Source
• Setting Up Oracle E-Business Suite Sources
• Setting Up Database Sources
  • Required Columns in Database Sources
  • Optional Columns in Database Sources
  • Configuring the JDBC Driver
  • Query File XML Schema Definition
  • Creating Public Database Sources
  • Defining User-Defined Security for Database Sources
  • Database Search Attributes
  • Example of Creating a Database Source With User-Defined Security
• Setting Up Siebel 7.8 Sources
  • Requirements for Siebel 7.8 Sources
  • Installing the JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server
  • Starting the Decompression Server
  • Setting Up Identity Management for Siebel 7.8
  • Creating a Secured Siebel 7.8 Source
  • Creating a Public Siebel 7.8 Source
  • Queries to Crawl Siebel 7.8 Business Components
    • Service Request Attachments
    • Accounts
    • Products
    • Literature
    • Solution
    • Service Request
    • Contacts
    • Activity
    • Activity Attachment
• Setting Up Siebel 8 Sources

Part III Advanced Topics

9 Security in Oracle Secure Enterprise Search

• Overview of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Security
  • Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Security Model
  • Changing the Administration Password
    • Temporary Passwords
  • Authentication and Authorization
    • About Oracle SES Authentication
    • About Oracle SES User Authorization
    • Restrictions on Changing the ACL Policy
    • Activating an Identity Plug-in
    • Re-registering Pre-Installed Identity Plug-ins
    • Restrictions on Changing the Identity Plug-in
  • Authentication Methods
    • Oracle Secure Enterprise Search User Repository
    • Oracle SES Authentication Interface
• Enabling Secure Search
  • User Authorization Cache
  • Federated User Authorization Cache
    • Modifying the Remote Cache Configuration File
    • XML Schema Definition for Remote Cache Configuration Files
  • Administrator-Based Authorization
  • Identity-Based Secure Search
  • Query-time Authorization
  • Self Service Authorization
• Configuring Secure Search with OracleAS Single Sign-On
  • Configuring Oracle HTTP Server
  • Configuring OracleAS and Oracle SES for Single Sign-on Security
    • Adding OSSO Identity Asserter
    • Adding Oracle Internet Directory Authenticator
• Configuring Secure Search with Oracle Access Manager Single Sign-On
  • Configuring Oracle Identity Management
  • Configuring Oracle HTTP Server
  • Installing and Configuring WebGate
    • Creating a WebGate Instance
    • Installing WebGate
    • Updating the WebGate Web Server Configuration
  • Integrating Oracle Access Manager with Oracle SES
  • Configuring QueryPlan.xml in Oracle SES
• SSL and HTTPS Support in Oracle Secure Enterprise Search
  • Understanding SSL
  • Managing the Keystore
    • Importing SSL Certificates into the Java Virtual Machine
    • Maintaining a Keystore
  • Oracle SES Acting as an SSL Client
  • Oracle SES Acting as an SSL Server
    • Configuring Oracle Secure Enterprise Search to Require SSL
    • Configuring Oracle HTTP Server to Require SSL
• Changing the Master Encryption Key

10 Administering Oracle SES Instances

• Increasing Data Storage Capacity
• Tuning Crawl Performance
  • Crawler Schedule
    • Crawler Schedules in Oracle Fusion Applications
    • Stuck Scheduling Requests
  • Proxy Servers
  • Boundary Rules
    • Notes for File Sources
  • Dynamic Pages
  • Crawler Depth
  • Robots Rule
  • Duplicate Documents
  • Redirected Pages
  • URL Looping
  • Oracle Redo Log
  • What to Do Next
• Tuning Search Performance and Scalability
  • Suggested Links
  • Authentication and Authorization
  • Parallel Query and Index Partitioning
    • Storage Areas
    • Configuring a Partition
  • Index Fragmentation
  • Indexing Parameters
    • Indexing Batch Size
    • Indexing Memory Size
    • Parallel Indexing Degree
  • Search Statistics
    • Relevancy Boosting
  • Load Balancing on Oracle RAC
    • Configuring a Small Index
  • WebLogic Search Server Configuration
  • Database Initialization Parameters
  • Oracle UNDO Tablespace
  • Buffer Cache
• Turning On Debug Mode
• Supporting Failover in Oracle RAC
• Monitoring Oracle Secure Enterprise Search
• Integrating with Google Desktop
• Accessing the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console

11 Oracle Secure Enterprise Search APIs

• Overview of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search APIs
• Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Web Services APIs
  • Web Services APIs Installation
    • Query Web Services Location
    • Administration Web Services Location
  • Web Services Concepts
    • Web Services
    • Simple Object Access Protocol
    • Web Services Description Language
  • Web Services Architecture
    • Development Platforms
  • Query Web Services Common Data Types
    • Base Data Types
    • XML-to-Java Data Type Mappings
    • Complex Types
    • Array Types
  • Query Web Services Operations
    • Overview of Query Web Services Operations
    • Authentication Operations
    • Search Operations
    • Browse Operations
    • Metadata Operations
    • Search Hit Operations
    • User Feedback Operations
  • Query Web Services Query Syntax
    • Search Term
    • Phrase
    • Operators
    • Default Search: Implicit AND
    • Word Separator
    • Filter Conditions (Advanced Conditions)
    • Special Search Terms
  • Query Web Services Example: Basic Search
    • Default-Factor Element
  • Query Web Services Example: Customizing Relevancy
    • Filter Element
    • Ranking Element
    • Global-Settings Element
    • Custom-Factor Element
    • Applying Ranking Factors
  • Client-Side Query Java Proxy Library

A XML Connector Examples and Schemas

• Configuration File XML Schema Definition
• Control Feed Example
• Control Feed XML Schema Definition
• Data Feed Example
• Data Feed XML Schema Definition

B URL Crawler Status Codes

C Third Party Licenses

• Apache Software
• Eclipse Software
• Egothor Software
• Javascript Bubbling Library
• Plug-in Software
• Snowball Software
• Visigoth Software
• Yahoo! Inc.

D Error Messages

Glossary

Index