Configure Index
You can control how product data is indexed for search and retrieval in the Product Management work area so that users can quickly find items, documents, changes, and related objects using keyword search and filters.
An index is a structured representation of item data that enables fast and efficient search. Instead of scanning the entire database, the search is performed on the indexed data.
- On the News Feed Home page, select the Product Management icon or select Product Management using Ask Oracle. The Product Management landing page is displayed.
- Under Actions, select the View all actions link and then select Indexes. The Index Management page displays the objects that are enabled for index configuration.
You can select any object to display the Configure Index page that shows the list of associated attributes and attribute groups. Each index has a predefined set of attributes. You can add or remove attributes and then rebuild the index to include more attributes. After the rebuild is complete, you can use these attributes for a quick start with search.
You must set up the search index for an object. The initial index ingest process is a long running process and the time is based on the number of objects that you’ve and the number of attributes per object that you’ve configured.
- Determines the attributes used in search:
- Attributes will be used to search using keyword, where a string of characters are entered for search.
- Attributes will be used as filters to limit the search results. For example, the lifecycle attribute can be a filter in the search configuration. When the filter is selected, the user selects either use the suggested value or select another value, such as Released. The query would be limited to items with lifecycle=Released.
- Determines the attributes displayed in the search results.