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About Preconfiguration Steps for Siebel Search

Enabling Siebel Search requires setting up a server to act as a Search server. This server will contain both the Siebel Server and the Hummingbird SearchServer. Indices must physically be located on this machine.

NOTE:  Hummingbird search indices, used by Siebel Search, cannot be used by another vendor's search engine. Additionally, Hummingbird search indices can only be used by the Siebel application, because the Hummingbird software licensed with Siebel Search does not allow external use.

Searches done from the Web client can be done directly on the URL corresponding to the Search server or through another Siebel Server. In the second case, the Siebel Server passes the search execution request through to the Search server. Administration, performed from the Web client, must be performed on the Search server, and not remotely through another Siebel Server. Mobile Web clients have the option of synchronizing the indices from the Search server to a local machine. In this case, Hummingbird client must be installed on the Mobile Web client to enable search execution.