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Administering and Maintaining Smart Answer


You administer Smart Answer from the Smart Answer administration view. Smart Answer administration tasks can be categorized into two parts:

  • Tasks that need to be performed on the Smart Answer Manager server component.
    • Setting Additional Server Component Parameters.
    • Checking Server Component State.
  • Tasks that need to be performed on your knowledge base and catalogs to make sure messages are categorized correctly, and responses are available and accurate.
    • Administering Response Groups.
    • Modifying Categories.
    • Creating Additional Categories.
    • Creating Templates and Solutions.
    • Creating Additional Fields for Analyzing Incoming Messages.
    • Setting Up Auto Response.
Setting Additional Server Component Parameters

You may need to set additional server component parameters. Table 4 lists the additional component parameters.

To set additional component parameters, navigate to Server Administration > Enterprise Servers > Smart Answer Manager Server Components > Component Parameters.

Table 4. Additional Smart Answer Component Parameters
Component Parameters
Value
Default
Purpose

Knowledge Base Name

<your catalog name>

None

Name of the catalog or knowledge base to make Smart Answer Manager server component online.

Maximum Number of Categories

0-65535

4

The number of categories suggested by Smart Answer that will appear in the drop-down list.

Category Cache ID

True or False

False

Category will be cached the first time it is returned by Smart Answer for better performance on subsequent retrievals.

CatMgr

1-5

1

Smart Answer logging level.

LoatAtStart

True or False

True

Smart Answer component will load KB file at server startup.

Categorization Manager Type

Master/Slave

Master

Set the Smart Answer Manager server component as a master slave.

KB Update Interval

0-65535 in minutes

1440

Interval in minutes for slaves to reload KB from Master file.

KB Write Back Interval

Number of feedback messages

100

The number of feedback messages accumulated in master Smart Answer before it writes its memory copy back to the KB file.

Checking Server Component State

You will need to periodically check to make sure that the Smart Answer server component is online and functioning properly.

To check server component state

  1. Navigate to Site Map > Server Administration > Enterprise Servers > Smart Answer Manager Server Components > Component Parameters > Knowledge Base Name.
  2. Make sure component is Online.
  3. If the component is not online, check the Smart Answer log file at siebsrvr\log\SmartAnswer_xxx.
  4. Make sure the KB parameter is entered per the instructions in Enabling Smart Answer Server Component.
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