Configuring Remote Search from an HCM Database

You can use Global Search to enable remote search from HCM to indexed artifacts in another database.

Steps for Configuring Remote Search from an HCM Database

The artifacts for remote search reside in the other database and must be indexed there. Integration Broker must be configured to allow communication between HCM and the remote database. With the artifacts indexed and Integration Broker configured, follow these steps to further configure the databases to enable remote search.

  1. Ensure that the Integration Administrator role is added to the administrative user in both databases.

  2. Add the default local nodes of each of the databases as network nodes in both databases (PeopleTools > Integration Broker > Integration Network > Network Setup).

  3. Set up the Portal URI and Content URI portal nodes in both of the databases (PeopleTools > Integration Broker > Integration Setup > Nodes).

  4. Add the role that adds security to the remote search group to all users who should be able to search remotely for that data from HCM. Data in the remote database is accessible to a user only if the user has access to the search group in the remote database.

  5. Add the default local nodes for each database to Single Signon (PeopleTools > Security > Security Objects > Single Signon).

  6. Import the remote search group into the HCM database (PeopleTools > Search Framework > Administration > Remote Search Groups).

    All of the search artifacts for a remote search reside in the remote database. For the remote search to work from the HCM database, the remote search group must be imported. To import, select the default local node name for the remote database in the Content Provider drop down list on the Remote Search Groups page, and select Import. Then, on the Import Search Groups page, select the Search Category Name that you want to import

    For more information, see PeopleTools: Search Technology “Administering PeopleSoft Search Framework”, Importing Remote Search Groups.

  7. Add the imported search group to the homepage search context in the HCM database (PeopleTools > Search Framework > Administration > Define Search Context).