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Defining Index Categories for Third-Party Search Engines

The following procedure shows you how to define index categories and the fields in each index category to index for third-party search engines.

When setting up the fields to index in each index category,

This task is a step in Process of Configuring Siebel Search for Third-Party Search Engines.

To define new index categories for third-party search engines

1. Navigate to Administration - Search screen, then the Search Category Settings view.
2. Click New (the plus (+) icon) to define a new category to index, and then do the following:
   1. In the BC Name field, click the look up icon, select a business component from the list that appears, and then click OK.
   2. In the Name field, enter a name for the new category.
   3. In the Name field, drilldown on the hyperlink.
3. Go to the Available Fields tab and specify the fields in the category to be indexed as follows:
   1. Click New (the plus (+) icon) to add fields to the category as required.
   2. For each field in the category, select (Y) or deselect (N) the check box in the Searchable column.

      Y indicates to index the field and N indicates not to index the field in the category.

   3. (Optional) Enter a weighting for each field in the Weighting factor column.
4. Go to the Applications tab and add applications and views to the category as follows:

• Click New (the plus (+) icon), then add an Application Name.
• In the Drilldown Views applet, click the plus (+) icon, then add new drilldown views.

  NOTE:  When you specify multiple drilldown views for a category, the least restrictive view will be chosen for the user.

Repeat this procedure for each index category that you want to define.