Base configuration

To enable FTS in Content Manager OnDemand, FTS must be enabled for each of your Content Manager OnDemand instances.

For Windows servers, you enable FTS for each of your Content Manager OnDemand instances in the OnDemand Configurator by selecting the Enable Full Text Index and Search check box on the Server (Advanced Options) window.

On all other platforms, the ARS.CFG file of your Content Manager OnDemand instance must be edited. You must add the following line: 
ARS_SUPPORT_FULL_TEXT_INDEX=1

You must restart the instance after this configuration to enable the FTS option in the OnDemand Administrator client. Then, you can configure the FTS options in the application groups and folders.

Configuring application groups for full text search

FTS support must be configured for each application group for which you plan to perform full text index and search.

To FTS-index an application group, configure the application group for FTS by completing the following steps by using the OnDemand Administrator client:
  1. Click Application Group → General tab → Advanced and select Yes under Use Full Text Index?. Specify the FTS Server name and port. The server name must be in format of address,port. For example, myserver.info.com,1400. The default port is 8191. Choose whether to automatically index all new loads. The setting Full Text Index documents automatically indexes new documents after they are loaded.
  2. Add an FTS field to the application group on the Field Definition tab. You can use any name you choose. On the Field Information tab, set the field data type to Small Int (2) and select the Full Text Index attribute option.
  3. Modify the permissions to add the Full Text Index permission to users and groups who must be authorized to index documents, which includes users who load and run a full text indexing request through the ARSDOC program or the API.

Configuring a folder for full text search

The Content Manager OnDemand folders must be configured by using the OnDemand Administrator client before any full text searching can occur. FTS uses these four folder field types:
  • Full Text Index Search: This field is required for users to specify their FTS criteria. This field can be queried only.
  • Full Text Index Score: This field is optional. It represents the score of the hit, relative to the other matching hits. It can be queried and displayed in the hit list.
  • Full Text Index Highlight: This field is optional. It returns the text that surrounds the matching text. It represents the context in which the text was found. This field can be only displayed in the hit list. Highlighting is not supported for XML documents.
  • Full Text Index Summary: This field is optional. It returns the first 80 characters of the document. This information might be useful, depending on the data. For example, bills and statements typically have identical text for headers; therefore, this information cannot be used to distinguish hits.