Define External Collections

You can define a new external collection or update an existing collection definition by using either the collection wizard or the collection form. You specify a name and basic information, such as the locale in which the collection documents are written, and whether you want to automatically add product names and terminology to the spelling checker.

Defining External Collections Fields

Field	Description
Collection Name	Enter a name for the collection. You can use spaces and any of following characters in collection names: upper and lowercase alphabetic characters numerals (0-9) ( ) - _ { } " .
Display Label	Enter a name for the collection that displays to search users. You can edit this later if you need to change the name. The display label can be in any language with any character and can be edited.
Locale	Select Auto to use automatic language selection based on document properties, or select a specific locale (language and regional variant) for the collection. This does not change the locale for any documents where the locale has already been set to something other than Auto in Authoring and does not change URL Answers.
Add product names and internal terms in this collection to the spelling checker?	Select Yes to automatically add product names and internal terminology to the spell checker. We recommend using this option for content that is edited for spelling before publishing, such as product documentation, but not for user-generated content, such as online forums.
Collection Notes	Enter any general descriptive information about this collection in this optional field.
Use Robots?	Robot text files and robots <META> tags specify which documents and links on a site are available for web crawlers to index and follow. Click Yes to use robots.txt and the robots <META> tag. The default is No.