Enabling or disabling object types or fields for global search

Most object types and fields that are already enabled for global search. You can change which object types and fields are enabled for global search before or global search is enabled.

About this task

For an example, see Example: customizing global search on initial enablement.

Setting Global Search to True or False does not take effect until you use the Check for Updates command, followed by the Update command.
  • After you add an object type or field to the reporting schema, you must decide whether the object type or field is enabled for global search. After you set Global Search to True or False, you must use the Check for Updates command, followed by the Update command.
  • If you exclude a field from the reporting schema, disable global search for the field.
  • After you enable or disable file attachment search, or after you add or remove MIME types from file attachment search, you must use the Check for Updates command, followed by the Update command. For more information, see Enabling and disabling file attachment searching and Enabling attachment file types for global search.
  • If you enable encryption on a field that is enabled for global search, you must disable global search before you can enable it for encryption. For more information, see Enabling and disabling global search. After you enable encryption, you must use the Check for Updates command, followed by the Update command.
  • If you import object types and fields by using FastMap, and the imported data either has new object types or fields, or makes changes to existing object types or fields to the global search setting, you must use the Check for Updates command, followed by the Update command.
  • If you import object types and fields by using Environment Manager or Object Manager, and the imported data has new object types or fields, or makes changes to existing object types or fields to the global search setting, you must use the Check for Updates command, followed by the Update command.
  • If you delete an object type or a field, you must use the Check for Updates command, followed by the Update command.
Note: Anytime you click Update, some sort of reindexing takes place. However, when you click Check for Updates, no indexing occurs.
For example:
  • When you add or remove fields from an object type, or add or remove MIME type from file search, this results in reindexing affected object types. The time this takes depends on how many records are under the affected object type.
  • When you add a new object type, this results in reindexing the newly added object type. The time this takes depends on how many records are under the affected object type.
  • Removing an object type does not result in reindexing that object type, other than the object type is removed from the index. This occurs immediately.

Procedure

  1. Log in to IBM OpenPages® with Watson™ with administrative privileges.
  2. Click Administration menu > Solution Configuration > Object Types.
  3. Select the object type or field for which you want to enable or disable global search.
  4. Click Edit.
  5. Set Global Search to True or False.
  6. Click Done.
  7. Click Administration menu > System Configuration > Global Search and click Check for Updates.
  8. When the process completes, check the logs for changes such as added or removed object types and fields. You can go back and make more changes and click Check for Updates to see a log of updated changes.
  9. When you are satisfied with your changes, click Update to force the changes onto the global search index.