Configure Search Indexing

The catalog and semantic models are crawled and indexed so users can quickly find content when they search or visualize data from the search bar on the Home page.

The Data Model pane on the Search Index page controls which subject areas are indexed. The indexing of an uploaded file-based dataset is controlled on its Inspect dialog. See Index File-Based Datasets.

1. In the Oracle Analytics Home page, click the Navigator, and then click Console.
2. Click Search Index.
3. To ensure users find the most recent information when they search for subject area columns, in the Data Model pane, select Enable Data Model Crawl and use the Select Data Models to Index and Crawl Status columns to browse for and specify which subject areas and dimensions you want to index. Select only the items needed to create useful search results. Indexing all items yields too many similar search results.
   • Choose Index Metadata Only to index dimension and measure names only. This is the default setting.
   • Choose Index to index dimension names, measure names, and values. Indexing values provides additional functionality for users who visualize data values from the search bar on the Home page. Be aware that selecting this option can be costly because it indexes values for all of the columns in all subject areas of the semantic model.
4. To ensure that users find the most recent information when they use the Home page to search for catalog content (workbooks, analyses, dashboards, and reports), in the Catalog pane and specify what to index. In most cases you shouldn't have to modify the settings in this tab.
   • Confirm that the Index User Folders field is selected. Oracle recommends that you don't deselect this option. If deselected then no folders in the catalog are indexed and the Home page search returns very limited and possibly no results.
   • Use the Catalog Object (Shared Folders) list to browse for and specify which folders, subfolders, and items you want to index or not index. Select only the items needed to create useful search results. Indexing all items yields too many similar search results.
   • Oracle recommends that you don't set the Crawl Status field to Don't Index as a way of hiding an item from users. Users won't see the item in search results or on the Home page, but are still able to access the item. Instead, use permissions to apply the proper security to the item.