Setting up global search

Before you use IBM OpenPages® with Watson™ global search in production (or even in a test environment against a large set of data), it is recommended that you first set up global search for a small set of data, such as a few thousand records in a test environment, and using the default settings.

Before you begin

Learn more about global search by reading the commonly asked questions listed in Global search FAQs.

About this task

You can set up search on the same server as the one hosting the IBM OpenPages with Watson application. Make sure that the server has at least 12 GB of RAM to host both the IBM OpenPages with Watson application and search feature.

Procedure

  1. Install IBM OpenPages with Watson using the default settings. Make sure that you also install the Search Server component. Specify the default values for all the fields. For more information, see the topic Search server post installation tasks in the IBM OpenPages with Watson Installation and Deployment Guide.
  2. Follow the steps in the topic Copying database driver files to the search server in the IBM OpenPages with Watson Installation and Deployment Guide to copy the JDBC database driver and start the search server.
  3. Log in to IBM OpenPages with Watson as a user with administrative privileges.
  4. Click Administration menu > System Configuration > Global Search and click Create.
    Create appears only on initial enablement.

    Creating the index also enables global search.

What to do next

For more information about configuring UI components that provide users access to global search, see Adding a Search panel.

For more information about using global search, see the topic Searching for objects in the IBM OpenPages with Watson User Guide.

For more information about administering global search, see Customizing global search