Configuring Indexing for Third-Party Search Engines

The following procedure shows you how to configure indexing for third-party search engines.

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

To configure indexing for third-party search engines

1. Navigate to Administration - Search screen, then the Search Index Settings view.

2. In the Search Engine applet, navigate to the third-party search engine for which you want to configure indexing.

   For example, navigate to the Elastic SE record.

3. In the Search Categories applet, click New (the plus (+) icon) to add a new search category, and then do the following:

   • In the Category Name field, click the look up icon, select a business component field from the list that appears, and then click OK.

   • Click the Index button.

   • Refresh the page to check the value in the Status Message field. The value in the Status Message field changes as it moves through the following stages: Not Started, Queued, In Progress, Indexed.

     Repeat this step for each category that you want the third-party search engine to index.

4. In the Search Categories applet, drilldown on the indexed search category.

5. Add applications and views to the selected indexed search category as follows:

   1. Select the Applications tab, click New (the plus (+) icon), and then add the application names.

   2. In the Drilldown Views applet, click the plus (+) icon, and then add the drilldown views.