You can verify that the IBM Content Search Services installation was
successful by using IBM Administration Console for Content
Platform Engine to create a search index job and
checking to see whether the job returns the correct index objects.
About this task
In this verification
test you send a query that searches for text that you know is in a
document. If the query successfully finds the document, then you know
that your IBM Content Search Services configuration
is working properly. If the query fails, there are some steps at the
bottom of the verification test to help you fix the problem.
Procedure
To verify the IBM Content Search Services installation:
- Start Administration Console for Content Platform Engine if you did not already
do so:
-
On any computer, open a browser and navigate to the Administration Console for Content Platform Engine logon page:
- In
a standard availability environment, the logon page is at
http://CPE_Server:port/acce
. CPE_Server is
the name of the system where Content Platform Engine is
deployed. port is the HTTP port that is used by
the application server where Content Platform Engine is
deployed.
- In a high availability environment, the logon page is at
http://virtual_server:port/acce
. virtual_server is
the name of the load balancer or proxy server where the clusters of Content Platform Engine is deployed. port is
the port number of the load balancer or proxy server.
- Log on as the gcd_admin user.
- Make sure that you completed the tasks explained in Configuring Content Platform Engine for IBM Content Search Services
- Create a document:
- In the navigation pane, under an object store, right-click the
folder (or one of its subfolders) and choose New
Document.
- Complete the New Document wizard steps.
- Submit an index request for the document:
- In the details pane, click the tab for the newly created document.
- Click Actions, and choose Index for Content
Search.
Wait a few minutes to allow time for the index request to be
submitted and completed.
-
Verify that the document is successfully indexed:
- In the navigation pane, under the object store, click
Search.
- In the Search tab of the details pane, click New
Object Store Search.
- In the New Object Store Search tab of the details pane, click
SQL View.
- Enter the following SQL query in the Query box and click
Run.
SELECT d.This FROM your_class_name d
INNER JOIN ContentSearch c
ON d.This = c.QueriedObject
WHERE CONTAINS(d.*, 'your_search_string')
- In the Search Results tab, verify that the SQL query found your
document.
Results
If
your query finds the document you were looking for, then IBM Content Search Services is working properly.
If it does not find the document, check the SQL Text query syntax
and issue it again. If it still fails, see Checking IBM Content Search Services for common errors to
carry out initial steps to try to fix the problem.
What to do next
After you verify
the IBM Content Search Services installation,
you can create synonyms for your search terms to improve the results
of your search queries. By using synonyms, you can search for words
that are specific to your organization, such as acronyms and technical
jargon.